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来自分支技术的WATG 3D印刷房屋进入测试

The prospect of 3D printed house is drawing closer as 3D printing for construction means designers can be bolder than ever before.

分支技术是一些自由形式的建筑公司迄今为止最大的3D印刷结构。为了寻找真正推动其KUKA驱动流程的方法,该公司发起了自由形式的家庭设计挑战。

2016年,总部位于伊利诺伊州的设计工作室Watg Urban在比赛中获得了一等奖stunning judges with its natural, “Curve Appeal” concept这寻求充分利用自然光和田纳西河滨。

Now two years later, WATG has announced that “the wall section testing, research, and development phase” of the Curve Appeal 3D printed house is “currently underway.”

CURVE APPEAL bydcavenon Sketchfab

自由形式building

Shaped like a conch shell, WATG’s Curve Appeal will employ Branch Technology’s trademark Freeform 3D printing process to build a kind of gypsum-composite structures.

美国石膏is helping the team research suitable structural reinforcements for the house, including gypsum spray foam.

Working with engineering, investigation and analysis experts at桑顿·托马塞蒂(Thornton Tomasetti),WATG正在测试分支3D打印梁和壁截面的负载功能。没有微调或优化,初始实验表明5磅,三英尺长的光束能够支撑3,600磅。

Concept segments of the Curve Appeal design. Image via WATG Urban
Concept segments of the Curve Appeal design. Image via WATG Urban

环保和明亮

Structural support will also be added by smart material deposition, pin pointed by spring points throughout the floor plan.According to the designers, this will allow “the structure to carry roof loads and provide large open-plan living spaces, shaping structures in new ways without any restrictions.”

All-importantly, WATG and Branch Technology have also employed a company called界面为了帮助设计“高性能机械,电气和管道”,以使其使其“净能源净能量”,即“房屋将产生与消耗的能量,从而减少其碳足迹。”

曲线呼吁房内的广角视图。图片通过WATG URBAN
曲线呼吁房内的广角视图。图片通过WATG URBAN

Constructive customization

The hope of the Curve Appeal project, and other concepts in development at Branch Technology is to bring more customization into construction. Reflecting on the Freeform Home Design Challenge Platt Boyd, Founder and CEO of Branch Technology, says, “This project is the first example of what’s possible with 3D prinitng. When a person can customize their home, and add their fingerprint to it that makes them feel a much greater part of the process.”

沃特(WATG)严格发展的第一个结果预计将“今年晚些时候破土动工”。

Branch Technology联合创始人和算法设计师Chris W. Weller毗邻样品Freeform 3D打印支柱。通过分支技术照片
Branch Technology联合创始人和算法设计师Chris W. Weller毗邻样品Freeform 3D打印支柱。通过分支技术照片

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特色的图像表演概念图3D印刷房屋的概念图。图片通过WATG URBAN

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