3D-Printed Dual-Banded High Performance Concrete Floor
The proposed 3D-printed funicular floor system establishes a new structural paradigm that integrates geometry-based efficiency, digital fabrication, and modular dual-banded post-tensioning to substantially reduce material demand and embodied carbon.
Surface-Toolpath Twins of Shell Components in 3D Concrete Printing
The proposed framework enables the integration of form-finding expertise with fabrication-oriented design, allowing the realization of spatial shell structures with complex topologies or extreme geometrical features through 3D concrete printing.
European Cultural Centre Exhibition
The 3-meter-scale model on display depicts the larger, tested 3D-printed post-tensioned funicular beam applicable to bridge and floor structures.
Floralis: an ETFE-Clad, Multilaminar Timber Structure
A folded funnel shell with variable overhang, with a polyhyedral timber structure and ETFE enclosure. Designed to protect environmental damage to petrified tree stumps at the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.
Automated Toolpath Design of 3D Concrete Printing Structural Components
An integrated, automated framework to facilitate designers and engineers working with 3DCP toolpath design.
Prototyping High-Fidelity Multifunctional Objects using Single-Nozzle Multi-Filament Additive Manufacturing System with Active Mixing
A system producing multimaterial objects with intricate topological features and polylithic material distribution through an integrated approach.
Penn Monument for Hope: Bridge A Symbol of Connection and Collaboration
While every single sheet of glass is brittle, aggregating these pieces in a particular geometry establishes a strong thrust that can effectively transfer significant forces to the ground.
Integrated and Tailored Thermal Insulation through Gradient Multimaterial Additive Manufacturing for Masonry Architectural Components
We combine load-bearing and thermal insulation functions into a single component, eliminating thermal bridging and improving energy efficiency.
3D-Printed Carbon Absorbing High-Performance Building Structure
This collaborative project, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, explores an innovative design strategy for a carbon negative building system.
Designing 3D-Printed Concrete Structures with Scaled Fabrication Models
Scaled fabrication models assist the design communication and make possible quick tests of distinct fabrication designs that are hard to assess in digital modeling during the conceptual design phase.
Translating Cellular to Shellular Funicular Structures
Under the same boundary conditions, a shellular specimen can withstand forces three times greater than a cellular structure.
Dove Wave: Inventory Constrained Design
A solution to effectively use an existing wood stock and turn it into a functional architectural system.
Diamanti: 3D-Printed, Post-Tensioned Concrete Canopy
The design and fabrication of a combined compression and tension funicular canopy with periodic anticlastic, diamond surfaces.
Generating Dragonfly Wing Structure Using Machine Learning Methods Combined with Graphic Statics
Cellular mechanical metamaterials can be systematically architected to demonstrate properties ranging from bending- to stretching-dominated, realize metafluidic behavior, or create novel hybrid shellulars.
Bio-Based Composite Spatial Shell Structures
This research investigates the possibility of fabricating shell-based cellular structures using knitting techniques.
Continuous Multi-Filament 3D Printing for Tension-Compression Structure Components
In the study, we present a new multi-filament 3D printer which makes possible the designing and printing of a continuous toolpath with different materials for different stress conditions.
Electrochemical Healing of Fractured Metals
This research presents a framework for effective room temperature repair of fractured metals using an area-selective nickel electrodeposition process we refer to as electrochemical healing.
Multi-Layer Sheet-Based Lightweight Funicular Structures
The result shows that the sheet-based system has improved performance with the same volume of material and can withstand a wide range of loading scenarios.
Terrene
This research results in a tension-compression system with a performative geometry and material.
Cellular to Shellular Funicular Materials
Cellular mechanical metamaterials can be systematically architected to demonstrate properties ranging from bending- to stretching-dominated, realize metafluidic behavior, or create novel hybrid shellulars.
