LafargeHolcim and Witteveen + Bos launch first construction 3D printing hackathon 3D Printing Events

LafargeHolcim and Witteveen + Bos launch first construction 3D printing hackathon 3D Printing Events

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LafargeHolcim is calling on the world’s brightest students to reinvent the building industry, along with its partner Witteveen+Bos, a Dutch engineering and consultancy firm and with the support of COBOD and Ecole des Ponts. Students in engineering, architecture, and material science are encouraged to join in a construction 3D printing hackathon to pioneer new solutions, leveraging concrete 3D printing technology for more effective and efficient housing construction.

LafargeHolcim partners with SU Nanjing on materials for 3D printing Construction 3D Printing

LafargeHolcim partners with SU Nanjing on materials for 3D printing Construction 3D Printing

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On the occasion of World Science Day, LafargeHolcim signed a new partnership with Southeast University in Nanjing, China, where it is sponsoring research into concrete and mortars for on-site construction 3D printing. Leading the way in green building solutions, LafargeHolcim is using 3D printing to make construction more efficient while lowering its carbon footprint, aiming to become a full 3D printing solutions provider.

HS HI-TECH and ETH mix 3D printing tech for Digital Bamboo pavilion Construction 3D Printing

HS HI-TECH and ETH mix 3D printing tech for Digital Bamboo pavilion Construction 3D Printing

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The Digital Bamboo pavilion explores the innovative combination of a naturally grown material with digital fabrication. It was developed via a collaboration between the Swiss university ETH and Korean firm HS HI-TECH, combining natural bamboo, extruded recycled thermoplastics on textiles, multijet fusion and metal powder bed fusion processes. Mostly, though, the project combined know-hows in hybrid digital constructions.

PERI is 3D printing a three-storey apartment building in Germany Construction 3D Printing

PERI is 3D printing a three-storey apartment building in Germany Construction 3D Printing

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Since Danish construction company COBOD spun out of 3D Printhuset in 2018, it has made steady advances in pushing construction AM towards the mainstream. In the past year alone, its gantry AM technology has been used for a handful of large-scale projects, including building over three demo houses at the the International Bautec construction exhibition and printing a residential building in Beckum, Germany. Most recently, COBOD’s technology is being used to construct a three-floor apartment building.

Studio RAP 3D prints 2,850 ceramic tiles for stunning New Delft Blue construction project Construction 3D Printing

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Dutch construction design firm Studio RAP has been 3D printing ceramic tiles for their work on design elements of the pioneering New Delft Blue project in the historic Dutch city of Delft. After printing these tests at Studio RAP’s workshop, the tiles went straight into the kiln at Koninklijke Tichelaar where they were also beautifully glazed.