HYBRIDS: 3D Printed Concrete
Dig Des Fab 2019

Semi­nar ‚Digi­tal Design and Full Scale Fabri­ca­tion’ (Dig Des Fab) is taught at Univer­sity of Applied Arts in Vienna, Insti­tute of Archi­tec­ture, Depart­ment of Struc­tu­ral Design during Winter Semes­ter 2019/2020.

This work­shop explo­res the appli­ca­tion of con­tem­porary digi­tal design and fabri­ca­ti­on me­thods using 3D concrete printing technology. Student groups de­signed para­metric infill struc­tures based on the non-planar slicing logic. The design process ­was evaluated by virtual analysis method­s using structural software plugin Karamba. Exter­nal specia­lists ­from Incremental3D pro­vided in-depth fabrication exper­tise during the production phase. Special empha­sis was put on the success­ful inter­ac­tion of digi­tal design and pro­duc­tion tech­no­logy, prima­rily in archi­tec­tu­ral­ de­tail­ing exploiting the perks of additive manufacturing. Diffe­rent mate­ri­als, deposition strategies and aesthetic qualities were rese­ar­ched, discus­sed and applied during the course of this seminar.