
Printing Architecture
Innovative Recipes for 3D Printing
Princeton Architectural Press
Published on 1. May 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-61689-696-6 (ISBN)
Description
Although 3D printing promises a revolution in many industries, primarily industrial manufacturing, nowhere are the possibilities greater than in the field of product design and modular architecture. Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello, of the cutting-edge San Francisco-based design firm Emerging Objects, have developed remarkable techniques for "printing" from a wide variety of powders, including sawdust, clay, cement, rubber, concrete, salt, and even coffee grounds, opening an entire realm of material, phenomenological, and ecological possibilities to designers. In addition to case studies and illustrations of their own work, Rael and San Fratello offer guidance for sourcing alternative materials, specific recipes for mixing compounds, and step-by-step instructions for conducting bench tests and setting parameters for material testing, to help readers to understand the process of developing powder-based materials and their unique qualities.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 179 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61689-696-6 (9781616896966)
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05/2018
Princeton Architectural Press
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Persons
Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello are professors at University of California, Berkeley and San Jose State University, respectively. Their firm, Emerging Objects, has been instrumental in developing new materials for powder-based 3D printing. Rael is the author of Earth Architecture and Borderwall as Architecture.