Desert tectonics

3D printed facade shading system for a service pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai. Through computational design, the facade concept, consisting in horizontal lamellas in the shape of waves with a complex geometry generation, has been optimized for additive manufacturing. Then a campaign of digital fabrication tests have been started to optimize, simultaneously, the shape of the facade and the printing settings. The panels have been printed trough a 3MT Wasp printer.
Team
Giulia Grassi, Renaud Danhaive