TY - JOUR
T1 - Introduction
AU - Bañón, Carlos
AU - Raspall, Félix
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This chapter examines how architecture is shifting as designers start to adopt additive manufacturing as a powerful fabrication method in full-scale built designs. Current and emerging trends, such as a search for formal and spatial complexity, the use of ornament, and the search for sustainability, are discussed. In addition, changes in the design workflows, where information from the construction phase is readily and effortlessly available at early design stages, are reviewed. Key applications in the construction industry being explored at the moment are presented. Finally, the ten projects by AirLab are introduced as case studies to illustrate the potential of advanced manufacturing technologies for architecture.
AB - This chapter examines how architecture is shifting as designers start to adopt additive manufacturing as a powerful fabrication method in full-scale built designs. Current and emerging trends, such as a search for formal and spatial complexity, the use of ornament, and the search for sustainability, are discussed. In addition, changes in the design workflows, where information from the construction phase is readily and effortlessly available at early design stages, are reviewed. Key applications in the construction industry being explored at the moment are presented. Finally, the ten projects by AirLab are introduced as case studies to illustrate the potential of advanced manufacturing technologies for architecture.
KW - Additive manufacturing
KW - Computer-aided design
KW - Design to fabrication
KW - Design workflows
KW - Digital architecture
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-15-8388-9_1
DO - 10.1007/978-981-15-8388-9_1
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85092055418
SN - 2199-580X
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
JF - SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
ER -