For our
group’s final project, we will be analyzing the origin of 3D printing for
buildings and comparing the different materials and methods that are involved
in the process, with the outcome being a research paper. 3D printing is
something that strikes an interest in each of us individually. Some of us may
be more interested in certain areas under the broad topic, therefore we are
covering the subject matter as a whole to obtain a deeper understanding of
where 3D printing originated, what is happening with it today, and how it may
affect the future of intelligent building design.
Although the
concept as a whole is relatively broad, we will narrow down on exactly what
techniques and ideals are being tested and in some cases already being used in
today’s construction industry. We will be going in depth about three major
building materials, including wood fragments, concrete, alloys, plastic, and
other innovative materials. When it comes to the different structural
processes, we will go over how robotics can be considered a type of 3D printing
and how that technique is being carried out already in today’s construction
industry. Because 3D printing isn’t completely new, we will go into examples of
how the technique is already being implicated; including examples of entirely
3D printed buildings and/or buildings with structural components that were 3D
printed.
3D printing
can be considered a type of intelligent building because of its innovative
technology and new to the industry concept. It is changing the way the industry
works in that it is creating a quicker and more efficient way to construct
buildings. Rather than hands on construction, 3D printing enables technology to
take care of the building aspect, and in some cases, uses artificial
intelligence to do all the work for us. Although the initial cost of having a
3D printer large enough to construct an entire building, with time 3D printing
will actually be able to cut costs with the lack of human labor involved and
reducing the potential for harm and medical fees of workers who hurt themselves
during construction. Finally, the design aspect being done on the computer and
then transferred to the printer can be considered a type of artificial
intelligence and therefore adds to the intelligence of the 3D printed building.
Initial Sources to be used:
- Win
Sun 3-D Printed Villa/Apartment Building
2)
UAEIC 3-D Printed Office Building:
3&4)
Printing with Regolith (or other moon rocks)
5) 3-D
Printing and Rapid Casting (Concrete and Alloys)
6) 4-D
Printing of the Future (Future)
7) 3-D
Printing and its applications (Introduction)
8)
Comparing Environmental impacts of 3-D Printing vs. Traditional Machining
9)
Future of 3D Printed Buildings
Comments:
Karan Sagar Sinha:
My group also decided to do our final project
on 3-D printing; however, we are looking into various materials and techniques
as a whole. It will be interesting to see how our section on concrete compares
with your project. Initially, you can tell via your post you have done a lot of
research already on the topic. Specifically, I thought it was interesting where
you brought up that creating structural components via 3-D printing techniques
actually use less materials than normal techniques, as this is something I
would have believed to be the case.
Allison Lock:
Right off the bat, your topic stood out to me
when reading through the other posts from group E. This is mostly because
adaptive building is something that really interests me, but at the same time
it is something that I know little about. It will be interesting to see how the
past compares to the current technologies, and how both compare to what may be
yet to come in the future.
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