3D Printing Used in Redesign of Terrazza Aperol in Milan

One of Milan’s iconic nightlife spots has been redesigned thanks to additive manufacturing. This is Terrazza Aperol, overlooking Piazza Duomo, which serves as the setting for an interior design project that blends aesthetics, sustainability, and technological innovation. Behind the project is eXgineering, an Italian startup specializing in 3D printing, which created the key design elements using recycled polycarbonate and RAM technology (Robotic Additive Moulding).

The intervention, led by the architectural firm Vudafieri-Saverino Partners, stands out for its design language featuring vibrant colors, sustainable materials, and fluid shapes. All of this expresses the Aperol brand’s values of togetherness and sharing, conveyed through an immersive visual narrative.

Within this concept, eXgineering created the most exclusive components of the bar: the entrance wall and the lamp screens. These structures share a three-dimensional texture inspired by wave-like movement, made from recycled polycarbonate and 3D printed. The RAM technology used by eXgineering, with controlled melting and cooling processes, allows for shaping complex, multilayered, and non-coplanar geometries. This helps preserve the material’s mechanical properties, including strength, transparency, and crystallinity.