3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing

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Imagine a world in which architecture will be 3D printed from living materials. That buildings will germinate, bloom, wither, produce new kinds of materials, and return back to the soil. This article introduces an innovative approach to sustainable ...

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3D-printed earth materials that incorporate natural raw soils have been recently emerging due to their ecological and affordability potential. However, earth materials applications in additive manufacturing have been limited to thick mass assemblies with ...

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Despite recent advances in 3D printing and additive manufacturing, the main materials in rapid prototyping are derived from finite resources such as petroleum-based plastics. Researchers are developing alternatives to exhaustible and potentially ...

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The article asks how additive manufacturing for the circular bioeconomy can create the foundation for rethinking the architectural axioms of permanence and durability, instead moving us toward a new ideal of renewability and repair. It presents a case ...

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The growing environmental impacts of solid waste accumulation have resulted in an increased demand for biodegradable alternatives to conventional plastics. While several products have begun to gain popularity as biodegradable or compostable plastics, ...

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Large-scale extrusion-based additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged as a potential alternative for construction, addressing the challenges associated with the high carbon footprint of the building industry. Although AM enables the creation of intricate ...

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Four-dimensional printing (4DP) via fused deposition modeling has been used to create hygromorphic biocomposite actuators through wood polymer composite (WPC) filaments. The shape-change transformation of the 4DP composite mechanism is preprogrammed by ...

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This review explores additive manufacturing (AM) strategies across disciplines for designing with responsive biomaterials and presents a vision of how printed responsive biomaterials (PRBs) can be integrated into everyday objects and buildings to enhance ...

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This article discusses the evolving use of bioreactors, beyond traditional life sciences and bioengineering, in fields such as architecture, fashion, and product design. It explores the role of bioreactors in additive fabrication, highlighting their ...

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The environmental impact of the construction industry demands sustainable alternatives to traditional concrete production. Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) offers an alternative solution where microbes can produce biocemented structures at ...

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Regenerative design lies on synergistic relationship between sociocultural and ecological systems, which can enable revolutionary boundaries for designing decision-making frameworks. Transitioning to regenerative design as a manifestation of systems ...