Concrete Calligraphy is a 4 week design studio where MAS students were challenged to design and materialize a series of shading facade panels. Considering the specific materiality, geometric opportunities and fabrication constraints of C3DP, students explored possible patterns for concrete deposition. 

 

Each team of three students developed their own concepts for controlling hierarchical differentiation and geometric variation in this context with a series of fdm prototypes before translating their design into a 1:1 robotically 3d-printed architectural prototype. The series of 6 panes that was fabricated during this project illustrates how concrete can materialize into porous structures with varying densities.

 

Related research:

https://dbt.arch.ethz.ch/research-stream/tectonics-of-concrete-printed-architecture/

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