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posted by Alborz @ 8:53 PM
3 Comments:
Hi to everyone working on this awesome project and congratulations for the good news!
I am wondering about the potential of using a 'support' material for the creation of more complex building geometries. With interest from groups such as Ghery and Greg Lynn, surely this is one of the desired outcomes for this outstanding technology.
At present small scale 3d object fabrication such as thermowax printing uses a secondary support structure that is easily removed once the piece is finished allowing highly complex forms to be produced.....with some Finite Element Analysis it might be possible to produce these forms at the scale of a building.
Some examples of personal experimentation with this technology can be found at:
http://www.sial.rmit.edu.au/Projects/Code_to_Craft.php
Looking forward to the future,
Jerome Frumar
Living as I do, in South Africa where the housing backlog is dire, I am very interested in any real world examples where this stunning invention is being used and any plans....
A wonderful technology with wonderful potential.
The problem of self-supporting walls has clearly been solved, presumably by the special concrete material.
What can be done, if it hasn't been done already, about incorporating openings for doors and windows?
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