Additive Energy: 3D Printing Thermally Performative Building Elements with Low Carbon Earthen Materials

作者：Alexander Curth, Eduardo Gascón Alvarez, Lawrence Sass, Leslie K. Norford, Caitlin Mueller · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1201/9781003403890-2 · 被引用次数：5 · 研究领域：Architecture and Computational Design、Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials

In this study, we ask if there are broadly scalable methods for additively manufacturing low-carbon, climate-specific architecture that are thermally and structurally performative for housing. We then demonstrate that high-performance, hierarchical building elements can be produced from extremely low-cost, low-carbon materials like earth using increasingly available 3D printing tools. We present a set of novel design methods and building systems from the scale of a brick to the scale of a wall, utilizing a combination of simulation-driven design and additive manufacturing with earth and clay. By leveraging materials readily available in all climates, bespoke, simulation-driven building elements could be manufactured from these low or no-cost materials to create performative, low-carbon buildings. By presenting a methodology for material and fabrication-aware energy simulation for additive manufacturing, this work provides scalable groundwork for future studies across climates and local building requirements.