Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider how rammed earth, one of humanity’s oldest building techniques, is discovering new life through large-scale 3D printing and redefining what sustainable housing can look like. For most of human history, people built with the ground beneath their feet. Earth, compacted and shaped by hand, formed walls that were… Continue reading Printing With the Planet: The Rise of 3D Printed Rammed Earth Architecture
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Clay: Earth’s Abundant Material and 3D Printing
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi explore how earth-derived calcined clay cement is reshaping 3D printed construction by reducing carbon emissions, simplifying materials, and bringing buildings literally back to the ground they stand on.
Design of the Week: ClayPonic V1
This week’s selection is the ClayPonic V1 urban farming solution by EcoTech Lab.
Design of the Week: Entomological Utopias
This week’s selection are the Entomological Utopia sculptures by artist Raphaël Emine.
Desktop Ceramic 3D Printing At Home
A desktop 3D printer could allow easy ceramic 3D printing at home.
WASP Introduces a New 3D Print Industrial Application: Clay Modeling
WASP has partnered with Honda to develop a new process using 3D printed clay.
A Different Kind Of Construction 3D Printing: With Soil
Researchers in Austin have developed a method of successfully 3D printing a soil mixture, but it’s not as easy as it sounds.
Is 3D Printing The Right Tool For The Job?
I’m reading a story on FastCompany about a 3D printed reef project, and wondering if this was the correct solution.
The PotterBot Evolves
Since we last looked at the PotterBot two years ago, it seems there have been many improvements.
Affordable Clay 3D Printing with ClayXYZ
A startup company has launched a 3D printer specifically designed for clay 3D printing.
WASP Encounters – and Solves – Problems During Gigantic 3D Print
Italy-based WASP has been experimenting with their building-sized BigDelta 3D printer.
van Herpt’s Incredible Ceramic 3D Printer
In a tiny workshop located in a repurposed aging factory in Eindhoven lies one of the most interesting 3D printers in the world: Olivier van Herpt’s ceramic 3D printer.
WASP’s Flexible DeltaWASP 3MT Is More Than Just a Giant 3D Printer
WASP is set to display what might be the largest multi-function 3D printer in the world: the DeltaWASP 3MT.
Sculptable Filament Coming Soon
A new style of 3D printer filament is being developed by Adam Beane Industries that will enable you to post-process your print by sculpting.
TYTAN 3D’s Gaja Multitool Ten-Headed Platform
Poland-based TYTAN 3D has developed the Gaja Multitool – a 3D printer with up to ten different heads for a variety of functions.
WASP’s New 3D Printer Extruder Could Enable 3D Printed Homes
The goal of Italy-based WASP (World’s Advanced Saving Project) is to enable “zero mile” homes, 3D printed with local materials. Now they seem to have created the hardware to do so.
WASP’s New Hi-Res 3D Clay Extruder
Italy’s WASP project has developed a new, high-resolution clay 3D printer.
The Minibuilders 3D Construction Robots
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) of Barcelona has developed a set of experimental robots capable of building clay structures.
The WASP Project 3D Prints Clay
Need something 3D printed in clay? Something very large? If so you’ll want to check out the WASP project from Italy. WASP is actually an acronym, standing for World’s Advanced Saving Project. Their goal is to be able to build homes in third world countries with advanced technology like 3D printing, yet use… Continue reading The WASP Project 3D Prints Clay