{"id":167699,"date":"2020-11-18T15:49:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/?p=167699"},"modified":"2020-11-18T15:49:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:49:02","slug":"grotto-facade-reimagines-built-environments-with-3d-printing-construction-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/grotto-facade-reimagines-built-environments-with-3d-printing-construction-3d-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"Grotto Fa\u00e7ade reimagines built environments with 3D printing Construction 3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>P<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a> of the magic of <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ing<\/a> is that it has, in its own manner, helped us to see our relationship to the natural world in new and interesting ways. That is, while many technologies might obstruct our relationship to nature, <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ing<\/a> \u2013 in the hands of the right designer or researcher \u2013 can bring us closer to it. Such is the case in Sanhelden\u2019s most recent project: Grotto Fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n<p>Germany-based Sandhelden was founded in 2014 and specializes in sand <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ing<\/a>. Back in 2018, we spoke to the company\u2019s Head of Design Carlos del Castillo Gonz\u00e1lez about a new market they were <em>tapping<\/em> into: bathroom washbasins. The company has apparently not limited itself in scope, however, as its latest endeavor goes in a whole new direction.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox-upload.oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com\/image\/2020\/11\/ei6Vvy.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox-upload.oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com\/image\/2020\/11\/qye67z.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox-upload.oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com\/image\/2020\/11\/Yb6rUv.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>According to the German firm, Grotto Fa\u00e7ade is a project that investigates \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ing<\/a>\u2019s inherent ability to fabricate imaginative forms and its subsequent potential for novel spatial conditions in <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/architecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">architecture<\/a>.\u201d In more p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>icular terms, the project consists of a <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ed grotto-inspired structure that showcases a potential avenue for integrating natural elements into contemporary buildings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy using <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ing<\/a>, buildings could become constructed of highly intricate and specific conditions for moss and plants to grow within them,\u201d the company tells us. \u201cThe building employs the formal qualities of grottos and these are rooted in the project\u2019s circulation and fa\u00e7ade areas where inside and outside blur. These zones transition in language from recognizable geometries to those of organic, geological formations.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"    background-color: #eaeaea7a;    padding: 15px 30px;    overflow-wrap: break-word;    display: flex;    align-items: center;    border-radius: 4px;    box-shadow: -1px 4px 20px 0px #dedede;    margin-top: 1em;    margin-bottom: 1em;\">\n<div style=\"    flex: 1;    padding-right: 30px;\">\n<h4 style=\"    margin-bottom: 14px;\">Manufacturing on Demand<\/h4>\n<div style=\"    display: block;\">Maximize the freedom of your product design, get your ideal realized with 3D printing and other cutting-edge technologies!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"    background-color: #0baee8;    color: white;    padding: 10px 20px;    border-radius: 4px;\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw auxicon auxicon-cloud-upload\"><\/i> Get Quote<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The project itself is a collaboration between Sandhelden and architect Barry Wark, both of whom are interested in exploring AM\u2019s potential for transforming built <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">environment<\/a>s. <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ing<\/a>, as we\u2019ve seen, is being used for construction purposes to create new structures and previously impossible architectural designs. Of course, the technology is still in its infancy, but many are st<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>ing to notice <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ing<\/a>\u2019s ability from a construction\/<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/architecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">architecture<\/a> perspective.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox-upload.oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com\/image\/2020\/11\/iENrU3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>In this investigation, the p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>ners have <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ed an architectural model, which provides an idea as to what a future built <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">environment<\/a> could look like. The scaled down model, impressive in its own right, was <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ed from qu<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>z sand, measures 500 x 256 x 250 mm and weighs 23 kg. It was produced using Sandhelden\u2019s patented binder jetting sand printing process. and was finished using a special infiltration process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe research transforms the methodology, working with bottom up assemblies of intricate components, in which the legibility of the structure and its joints dissolve to return its perception to a natural entity. This is explored through computational design methods where a non-destructive, procedural modelling work-flow can create infinite variety in p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>s but also multiple configurations within their assembly. Inherent in this process is the ability to add more criteria and parameters to the system as the p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art<\/a>s are tested and refined throughout the research process.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox-upload.oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com\/image\/2020\/11\/6VRFva.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facfox-upload.oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com\/image\/2020\/11\/JneIfa.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The incredibly intricate <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ed model provides a look into Wark and Sandhelden\u2019s innovative vision for future living\/working spaces. <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D print<\/a>ing<\/a> could also prove to be an instrumental process if the Grotto Fa\u00e7ade concept is every realized at the full scale.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size: 16px;border-left: 4px solid #cdcdcd;border-radius: 4px;background-color: #f9f9f9;font-weight: 500;color: dimgrey;\">\n<h5 style=\"\n    margin-bottom: 6px;\n\">You might also like:<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dprintingmedia.network\/bruil-is-looking-for-a-construction-3d-printing-post-process-engineer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bruil is looking for a construction 3D printing post process engineer: <\/a>Among its investments in innovations, Bruil targeted 3D printing of concrete, not so much for direct house construction but for facade elements, balustrades and columns with sloping, round shapes. The serial 3D printing of these unique elements takes place at the location in Veenendaal. These elements are printed layer by layer by means of a robotic 3D printer. As a Post-Processor at Bruil, you\u2019ll be responsible for all post-processing procedures after the robot printer finishes with an element.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: grey\">* This article is reprinted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dprintingmedia.network\/grotto-facade-built-environments-3d-printing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D Printing Media Network<\/a>. If you are involved in infringement, please contact us to delete it.<\/p>\n<p><i class=\"far fa-fw fa-user\"><\/i> Author:&nbsp;Tess Boissonneault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the magic of 3D printing is that it has, in its own manner, helped us to see our relationship to the natural world in new and interesting ways. 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