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Concrete Choreography are 9 unique 3D printed columns
Students at ETH Zurich once again presented an innovative project surrounding 3D printing technologies. This time they mixed architecture and new technologies to design 3D printed concrete columns. Nine structures, 2.7 meters (8.9 ft) high were designed for the Origen festival&he
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Students at ETH Zurich once again presented an innovative project surrounding 3D printing technologies. This time they mixed architecture and new technologies to design 3D printed concrete columns. Nine structures, 2.7 meters (8.9 ft) high were designed for the Origen festival in Riom, Switzerland, which is mainly dedicated to dance. It is therefore not surprising that the project was named Concrete Choreography.
At ETH Zurich, you can follow the Master of Advanced Studies ETH in Architecture and Digital Fabrication (MAS DFAB). It seeks to better understand all the opportunities offered by computer design, digital manufacturing and 3D printing in the fields of architecture and construction. This curriculum made it possible to imagine the DFAB House, a three-storey house designed exclusively by digital manufacturing methods, it had a 80 m2 3D printed ceiling, developed from sand.
The 9 columns will feature during the dance festival | Photo Credits: Benjamin Hofer, Digital Building Technologies
Concrete Choreography, 3D printed columns to celebrate dancing
The concrete 3D printing technology developed at ETH Zurich has therefore made it possible to create 9 columns 2.7 meters high without any formwork. It took about 2.5 hours to print each column with complex shapes and precise details. They all have a different design and could be manufactured in a fully automated way once the design of the 3D model was complete. The columns are hollow, offering a more sustainable approach to architecture since the amount of material used is optimised. Only the needed structure is printed.
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