3D-Printed Hollow Bricks Alignment 5. Combination of Casted Bricks And 3D-Printed Bricks

A. Front Elevation

C. Back Rendering B. Side Elevation

D. Front Rendering

2’X 2’ Physical Model Making

By midterm, we focus on solving the technical and constructional problems when we are fabricating the 2’x2’ physical chunk model.

Step 1: The digital model represents the basic design before midterm: the royal blue and lime green bricks interweaving with other colorful bricks on the facade, a two-floor residential space is designed with the major structures and circulation.

Step 2: By analyzing the materiality of each elements of the model, we decided to use resin for casting all colorful bricks; the 3D-Printing technology would be used for customized bricks the main structures and structural details. Besides, partial of the model needs to be sprayed.

Step 3: To build up the model, we designed a specific 3D-printed tool to help us aligning the sloped facade; besides, we confirmed that the facade panels are majorly self-supporting in forces.

Step 4: In the end, we cast about 6,000 resin bricks by using customized silicone mode and approximately 1,000 bricks are made by 3D-printing. Floor slabs and stair panels are laser cut and sprayed in white, then they are supported by 3D printed white structures.

1. Ground Floor Plan

From top to bottom, the building section has revealed different space typologies in details: the public spaces (including exterior roof garden, entrance garden on each floor, and the ground sunken plaza; also the interior public reading room). The private spaces consist by various type of rooms to satisfy different living requirements: the 2b2b apartments with kid’s room, 2b1b bedrooms and 1b1b apartments; some of them are double-heights loft spaces.

Different spaces are decorated by distinctive color bricks to identify the use of the space: the facade and exterior spaces are decorated by classic blue, green and white terracotta bricks, however, the kid’s room are furnished with more playful colors. The book shelves on the reading room’s wall are also composed by terracotta bricks. Besides, the staircases and the sunken plaza’s geometry is designed by following the building’s profile,

B. Loft Apartment Interior Rendering

C. Ground Floor Rendering