3d printed design

For the outdoor art exhibition Beaufort ’21, Poly Products has manufactured an unique object designed by Goshka Macuga: Family Module. A group of figures shows a small family scene. The unusual dimensions, 6m high, make this an impressive appearance at the Nieuwpoort Promenade in Belgium. At first glance the object seems incredible massive and heavy but looks are deceiving: the object is in fact very light and does not have a heavy foundation. Poly Products’ XXL-3D printing technique was key in making these objects. Start small and go big: 3D printing is the solution Base of the project were 3 small clay models, each 40cm high. The challenge was to enlarge these ten times without getting incredibly heavy. A digital approach, u... Mehr

Urban Dunes is a project which envisions a futurable solution to reduce the heat island effect for an extreme climate such as Abu Dhabi’s, where the harsh conditions felt across significant months of the year reduce the feasibility of normal external activities. The Italian design firm Barberio Colella Architects with architect Angelo Figliola have elaborated on a design proposal that started from the deep awareness of the climatic context of Abu Dhabi's and Emirates’ traditional architecture, such as elegant vaulted spaces, vernacular shading devices, and cold-water basins. The main architectural idea behind the project is to ideally lift up a thick layer of sand in order to create an urban “oasis”, which mixes pass... Mehr

  Minimalistic noir & balanced microenvironment Shapes and principles of simplicity and functionality, characterized by few but interesting elements. Space free from objects, but filled with emotions.  Porcelain claddings with elegant and understated texture, balanced with fine accoustic pannels. Exceptionally raw wood. 3d printed pieces sharing details of geometry and proportion, with variation in the character. NASA large format telescope photos printed on wood-fibre-based wallpapers. Contrasting matte and raw textures create subtle differentiation between flat and contoured surfaces, for the eye and for the hand. Mehr

The start-up company Ampelmann has grown into a mature, international provider of safe offshore access solutions. Wanting to reflect the innovative and energizing character of the company and to secure close collaboration between departments, Ampelmann was in search of a new office. They asked Fokkema & Partners Architecten to develop a workplace concept, to support finding a location and to design the new head office for the engineers, supporting teams and the board. At a bend in the river Schie, on the edge of the old city center of Delft, a dilapidated laboratory building from the eighties has been transformed into a perfect fit. Key was to uncover and enhance the hidden spatial qualities. Extraordinary spaces have been complemen... Mehr

Digital Grotesque is the first fully immersive, solid, human-scale, enclosed structure thatis entirely 3D printed out of sand. This structure, measuring 16 square meters, ismaterialized with details at the threshold of human perception. Every aspect of thisarchitecture is composed by custom-designed algorithms.The combination of additive manufacturing and computational design produces a new,non-standardized, highly differentiated and spatially complex architecture. Anarchitecture emerges between chaos and order, both natural and artificial, yet neitherforeign nor familiar: a Digital Grotesque. Mehr