ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
07/05/2011.
Exhibition at DHUB [BCN] [VIDEOS.2] hasta el 22 de mayo.
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metalocus
In additive fabrication—popularly known as ‘3D printing’—an object is created by superimposing and solidifying successive, extremely thin layers of a particular material. Whereas other types of digital fabrication grew out of the automation of manual techniques that were already familiar before the advent of the computer (cutting, milling, folding, bending, etc.), additive processes make it possible to produce the object, particle by particle, according to the data sent from the computer. This flexibility allows unprecedented freedom in the shape of the design and the control of the material.
The versatility of 3D printing technologies can be found in the creation of everyday objects and furniture; the printing of human cell tissue, bone prostheses, food and the adaptation of machines to print buildings, and points to a possible paradigm shift in the creation of the world around us.
All of the objects presented at Full Print3d were created using different additive manufacturing processes and are organize into six thematic areas: freeform, variation, customization, complexity, materiality, and finally, applications and research.
Place: Espai 1, DHUB (Montcada, 12)
Time: Tuesdays to Fridays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays form 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Credits
Curated by: Marta Malé–Alemany, architect and co-director of the Masters Program at l’Institut d’Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya (IAAC).
Collaborators: Francisca Aroso, Areti Markopoulou, Massimo Menichinelli, Lorena Trigo. Institut d’Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya (IAAC).
Photos © DHUB. Full Print3d. Printing Objects.