The 3D printer – a Cartesian machine which has long been defined as characterless – is in fact highly distinctive: it is an apparatus with integrity, personality, limitations, and formal rigor. The Additive Architectural Elements project aims to reveal the 3D printer’s highly idiosyncratic architectural tectonics and narratives. How can corbelling suggest new strategies for building and what is the architecture of 3D printed concrete?

Additive Architectural Elements

Pinkcomma Gallery, Boston, MA. 2018.

HANNAH project leadership: Leslie Lok and Sasa Zivkovic (Principals) / HANNAH project team: Christopher Battaglia, Jeremy Bilotti (photography co-lead), Reuben Chen (photography co-lead), Stephen Clond (fabrication co-lead), Ainslie Cullen, Gary Esposito, Justin Foo, Charisse Fu (PLA model co-lead), Jessica Jiang (drawing lead), Alexandre Mecattaf (fabrication co-lead), Hanxi Wang (PLA model co-lead).

Photography: Jeremi Bilotti & Reuben Chen

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