Printsugi – Matter as met, matter as printed

DDU researchers Nadja Gaudilliere and Max Eschenbach will present our research paper “Printsugi – Matter as met, matter as printed” tomorrow, 05.07.2023, 15:15 at Fabrication Futures Session in the Scientific Track of the UIA World Congress of Architects 2023 in Copenhagen. We propose to leverage 3D-printing and computational design strategies to use matter as met, i.e. matter as found on site, in the building process. The proposed design and fabrication workflow is demonstrated by using natural stones in conjunction with 3D-printed clay. The approach enables less transformation of the materials used and thus less energy consumption, as well as focusing on locally available resources.