Architects Fosters and Partners have revealed designs for a building on the Moon that could be constructed from material already on its surface. An inflatable structure would be transported from Earth, then covered with a shell built by 3D printers. The printers, operated by robots, would use soil from the Moon, known as regolith, to […]
So, over the past few weeks, ever since I stumbled across the concept of ‘Contour Crafting’, I have been fascinated by the idea. It seems like such a departure from the way we procure buildings. Having said this, it really does make a lot of sense from a cost and volume point of view. If something […]
In the world of architecture, there are two camps: 1. Those that look backward to gauge a grounding for the future; 2. and those that break new ground, not letting past ideas cloud their vision for creative direction. Greg Lynn is an architect who has continually pushed the boundaries when it comes to composition and […]
WAITING six months for your house to be built? Soon, you will “print” a home in less than a day. Once the domain of tech geeks, 3D printing is now having a serious impact on the wider world. First it was prototype shapes for designers. Then it was models and some moulded medical components. Now, […]