Profile

Email

joaopauloribeiro1994@gmail.com

Science ID

EB16-2CA0-877A

Ciênciavitae

ORCID

Lab2PT Group

DeTech - Design and Technology

Scientific Area

Arts; Architecture

Supervision

Bruno Acácio Ferreira Figueiredo Paulo Jorge Sousa Cruz Aires Fernando Fernandes Leite Camões Azevedo

Project Title

Full-scale Additive Manufacturing: Methodologies, techniques and processes for prototyping architectural components with complex geometries

Abstract

The integration of digital technologies in architectural design expands the possibilities for optimizing and customizing of design solutions. Additive Manufacturing (AM) is one of the most relevant techniques with the greatest potential to respond to this context, but there is still a large margin of uncertainty in the way in which it will be integrated into current construction systems. Divided into continuous production techniques or through discrete components, this technique stimulates the prototyping of innovative architectural systems. The present investigation intends to simplify the AM processes through the discretization in medium-sized components and the connection between them, with a view to their application in full-scale construction. To the possibilities of ceramic AM, explored in the Advanced Ceramics Laboratory (ACL), it is proposed to add cementitious, polymeric or metallic matrix materials, for the development of components and intelligent connection systems, which allow adaptive, reversible and reusable solutions, in real dimension.

Keywords

Digital architecture; Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing; Customized architectural components; Connections / Multifunctional hybrid systems

FCT Reference

SFRH/BD/138105/2018

Organic Unit

School of Architecture, Art and Design of the University of Minho