Injection 3D Concrete Printing: From Structural Geometry to Fabrication

• Published in: Architectural design Vol. 94; no. 5; pp. 30 - 39
• Main Authors: Hack, Norman, Kloft, Harald, Mai, Inka, D’Acunto, Pierluigi, Xiao, Yinan, Lowke, Dirk
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.09.2024; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: 3D modelling software; Adrian Forty; Auguste Perret; Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL); Carl Culmann; coffee table; Dom‐Ino House; ETH Zurich; Formwork; Forty, Adrian; Injection 3D Concrete Printing (I3DCP) process; Institute of Building Materials, Concrete Construction and Fire Safety (iBMB); Institute of Structural Design (ITE); Le Corbusier; Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret) (1887-1965); pedestrian bridge; Perret, Auguste; Robert Maillart; Salginatobel Bridge; Structural members; Switzerland; Technische Universität Braunschweig (TU Braunschweig); The Material Without a History; vector‐based graphic statics (VGS)
• ISSN: 0003-8504; 1554-2769
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.3094

Architects and engineers have historically developed and reinvented concrete's technologies, formwork and aesthetics to suit the pragmatic and philosophical aims of their times. Architect and computational design researcher Norman Hack and his co‐authors introduce a contemporary method for the fabrication of concrete structural elements using the Injection 3D Concrete Printing (I3DCP) process formulated at TU Braunschweig and discuss its benefits over other types of printed concrete.