{"id":2107629,"date":"2015-03-16T10:19:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T14:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newwebdev.wordpress-developer.us\/hauteresidence\/?p=2107629"},"modified":"2017-03-17T13:40:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T17:40:59","slug":"uc-berkeleys-bloom-a-pioneer-in-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newwebdev.wordpress-developer.us\/hauteresidence\/uc-berkeleys-bloom-a-pioneer-in-3d-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Berkeley’s ‘Bloom’ a Pioneer in 3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"

At UC Berkeley, a pavilion named “Bloom” has become the first and largest 3D-printed structure to employ powder-based cement as its chief building material. The project\u2014which debuted on March 6\u2014was spearheaded by Ronald Rael<\/strong>, an associate professor of architecture at Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design (CED), and a team of four CED graduate students.<\/p>\n

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“Bloom” is\u00a0notable for its use of an iron oxide-free Portland cement developed by Rael, which allowed him to make important headway in the utility of 3D printing. Normally a complicated and costly process, 3D printing became quick and cost effective when applied to Rael’s polymer-cement formulation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhile there are a handful of people currently experimenting with printing 3-D architecture, only a few are looking at 3-D printing with cement-based materials, and all are extruding wet cement through a nozzle to produce rough panels,\u201d Rael told UC Berkeley<\/a>. \u201cWe are mixing polymers with cement and fibers to produce very strong, lightweight, high-resolution parts on readily available equipment; it\u2019s a very precise, yet frugal technique. This project is the genesis of a realistic, marketable process with the potential to transform the way we think about building a structure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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With a footprint approximately 12 feet by 12 feet, the structure consists of 840 custom cement blocks that are durable, but intricate. They\u00a0work in unison\u00a0to produce\u00a0images of flowers on Bloom’s\u00a0facade, hence its\u00a0moniker. The delicate assembly allows light to permeate the pavilion in an attractive glowing effect.<\/p>\n

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Thailand’s Siam Cement Group<\/a> provided the cement, while additional materials came from Emerging Objects<\/a> and Entropy Resins<\/a>. After its debut, “Bloom” was disassembled and readied for shipment to Thailand, where it will be displayed for several months before beginning\u00a0a global tour.<\/p>\n

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Photos courtesy of Inhabitat<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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