Scawo3D Enables Freedom in Architecture With Inkjet Concrete Printing

Anyone involved in 3D printing is unlikely to have missed the trend towards 3D printed houses. Innovative companies are continuously driving the establishment of 3D printing in the sector. Extrusion printing is often used in current projects, with huge printing robots creating modern buildings layer by layer. Scawo3D, however, takes a different approach. With its Selective Paste Intrusion technology, the company based in Sarntal in South Tyrol, Italy has found a way to produce concrete components using a powder bed process. The company produces an isotropic concrete with high strengths that is also weatherproof. With this technology, there are no limits to the imagination and even complex geometries can be realized at manageable production costs. We spoke to Philip Schneider from Scawo3D to find out more about the company’s innovative approach.

3DN: Could you briefly introduce yourself and tell us about your role at Scawo3D?

Scawo3D team (from left to right): Andreas Spiess (machine programming), Kurt Wohlgemuth (company owner, inventor) and Philip Schneider (architecture & computational design) (photo credits: Scawo3D)

Hi, I’m Philip Schneider, I studied architecture with a focus on computational design and digital fabrication at the Technical University of Munich. I came to concrete 3D printing and Scawo3D at the beginning of 2022 through the design of a 3D printed pedestrian bridge during my studies, which was finally realized together with Scawo3D.

Scawo3D is the inventor of the world’s first print head for cement paste for a new process for concrete 3D printing called Selective Paste Intrusion (SPI for short). We are the developer and sole manufacturer of this print head as well as a service provider in concrete 3D printing. We are constantly developing and optimizing the process in order to provide our customers with the best possible machines and to make our service more accessible in terms of price.