concrete additive manufacturing

“You say to a brick, ‘What do you want, brick?’ And brick says to you, ‘I like an arch.’ And you say to brick, ‘Look, I want one, too, but arches are expensive and I can use a concrete lintel.’ And then you say: ‘What do you think of that, brick?’ Brick says: ‘I like an arch’”.

Louis Kahn

concrete and clay extrusion has been studied for more than 10 years now, reaching a quality that makes this technology interesting for the market. Numerous are the companies that are developing new business models around it.

from building an house to developing a small structure, this process is now fast and performing from a structural point of view.

credits: indexlab, politecnico di milano
date of showed project: july 2019


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