Robotic 3D-Printing for Composite facades
@ETH Zurich
Digital Building Technologies
Team: Guillaume Jami, Priyank Soni
A robotically 3D printed facade designed for the versatility to combine the functionality of Insulation, Structure, Shading, Acoustic barrier, Ventilation and Aesthetic in one system. It was a demonstrator done on a Scale 1:5 with architectural integration as an initial thought. Finally clear PETG material was printed with purpose-built custom slicer for UR5 robot.
Robotic toolpath design
End effector Design
FDM 3DP strategies
Material Control
Architectural integration
Tools used:
UR 5 robotic arm
3D printing end-effector
Arduino
Rhino
Grasshopper
Boid plugin
Compas Slicer
Cinema 4D simulations
Keyshot rendering
Computational design, Simulation and Robotic fabrication
Composite Facade = Insulation + Acoustics + Structure + Insulation + Ventilation
+ social and spatial separation + tradition + aesthetics + innovation …
