This project serves as a blueprint for the creation of a multitude of articulate ceramic components, as the developed methodology allows for great range of adaptions in terms of geometry. Therefore, the shown exhibit does not only display the processes’ capability to replace shortage in skilled labour, but also gives a glimpse on the new freedom of form it is coming with.
Besides a more efficient way to create the highly-requested Nesting-Bricks, other application cases, such as the restoration of damaged ornaments in historical brick-buildings are imaginable. Furthermore, the targeted use of AM-shaped components could even usher in a new era of brick architecture, which would be characterized by digitally designed ornamentation.
Speaker: Alexander Wolf, Architect, TU Darmstadt