The paper presents an ongoing project focusing on the application of additive manufacturing technologies for the design of staircases. Additive digital fabrication allows architects to reinvestigate materials, processes, and creates new design opportunities to explore novel aesthetical and functional expression in architecture, enabling a reinterpretation of the typology of the staircase, using thermoplastic materials. This paper reviews the opportunities and challenges of using 3D printing for fabricating custom stairs with complex geometries in two studied configurations.


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    Title :

    Reinventing Staircases for Thermoplastic Additive Manufacturing


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    Conference:

    The International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication ; 2021 ; Shanghai, China July 03, 2021 - July 04, 2021


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    Publication date :

    2021-09-22


    Size :

    10 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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