The document summarizes an agenda for a workshop on prototyping hosted by Arup. It describes three sessions that will be held - the first on access to tools for digital fabrication, the second on a coffee break, and the third on scaling digital fabrication techniques. For each session, it lists several speakers and their topics, such as types of labs and tools, how making your own tools impacts design, and examples of large-scale 3D printing of buildings.
2. Arup Explores Prototyping – Agenda
12-30 – 1:00 Light Lunch
1:00 Welcome by John Turzinski, London & South-East Leader
1:05 Introduction and agenda for the day, by Duncan Wilson
2:40
Session One: Access to tools Moderator: Ed Clark
1
Hugo Mulder
Arup
Smart Geometry + Direct Manufacture
2
Francesco Anselmo
Arup
Light Lab
3
Luke Robertson
Arup
Sound Lab
4
Gonzalo Garcia-Perate
Arup / UCL
PIP
5
Tristan Simmonds
Simmonds Studio
How making your own tools changes design
6
David Polson
Arup
Rep Rap motivation
7
Roel van de Straat
Arup Amsterdam
Makerbot - printers in my office
2:05 discussion
2:25 coffee/tea break
2:40
Session One: Access to tools Moderator: Ed Clark
1
Hugo Mulder
Arup
Smart Geometry + Direct Manufacture
2
Francesco Anselmo
Arup
Light Lab
3
Luke Robertson
Arup
Sound Lab
4
Gonzalo Garcia-Perate
Arup / UCL
PIP
5
Tristan Simmonds
Simmonds Studio
How making your own tools changes design
6
David Polson
Arup
Rep Rap motivation
7
Roel van de Straat
Arup A’dam
Makerbot - printers in my office
3:20 discussion
3:40 coffee/tea break
3:55
Session Three: Scale Moderator: Xavier De Kestelier
14
Shajay Bhooshan
Zaha Hadid Architects
New tech low tech
15
Rupert Soar
Freeform Construction
Making for performance
16
Gregory Epps
Robofold
What RoboFold can do
17
Federico Rossi
D-shape
printing buildings
18
Xavier De Kestelier
Foster + Partners
Project X
19
Jeroen van Ameijde
AA School
Hooke park
4:43 discussion
5:03 closing remarks by Alvise Simondetti
12. Corradino D’Ascanio flying his helicopter Rome, Ciampino Airport - 1930
Enrico’s
family
background
from
Pisa
and
Pontedera
13.
Pontedera,
Piaggio
Airport
Early
’50s
Corradino
D’Ascanio
with
car
racer
Fangio
Enrico’s
family
background
from
Pisa
and
Pontedera
14.
Pontedera
,
Vespa
and
Piaggio’s
Epopea
1960-‐1970
Enrico’s
family
background
from
Pisa
and
Pontedera
15. Sock
lining
manipulator
driven
with
fuzzy
logic
-‐
1998
Robot
ABB
IRB
2400
equipped
with
an
adapQve
end
effector
–
2001
A
fast
off-‐line
robot
fast
programming
system
developed
on
a
Kuka
KRC2
Robot
-‐
2003
Robot
design
-‐
Pisa
1998
-‐
2003
16. Development
of
an
opQcal
digiQzer
for
body
parts
and
providing
rapid
prototyping
prinQng
services
for
the
shoe
industry.
Robot
design
–
Verona
2004
18. From
the
idea
of
building
sand
castles…
StarPng
3d
PrinPng
-‐
Pisa
2005
19. Year
:
2007
Project
Title
:
D-‐Shape
3D
Printer
Purpose
:
Design,
manufacturing
and
tesEng
of
the
D-‐Shape’s
Printer
prototype
Supplier
:
Dini
engineering
srl
–
Cascine
di
BuE
(Pisa)
-‐
ITALY
Commissioner
:
Monolite
UK
Ltd
–
London
Designers:
doR.
Ing.
Enrico
Dini
–
Dini
engineering
s.r.l.
DescripEon
Enrico
developed
a
mega
scaled
analogue
of
a
powder
based
3D
Printer
based
on
the
working
principle
invented
at
the
MIT
of
Boston
in
the
latest
‘80s
and
commercialized
for
office
environment
by
the
US
Z-‐Corp
of
Burlington
(MA).
Scaling
the
machine
at
an
architectural
scale
meant
developing
a
printer
head
not
based
on
the
tradiEonal
ink-‐jet
technology
and
adopEng
building
equipment
manufacturing
soluEons
and
a
chemistry
suitable
to
make
building
structures.
Seen
by
the
outside
the
printer
looks
like
a
big
aluminum
structure.
Despite
its
large
size,
the
structure
is
very
light
and
it
can
be
easily
transported,
assembled
and
dismantled
in
a
few
hours
by
two
workmen.
The
D-‐Shape
printer
was
presented
at
Earls
Courts
Fair
‘Civils
2007’
.
20. Development
of
an
‘Analog’
of
an
Inkjet
Printer:
from
pico-‐liters
to
cenP-‐liters
21. Pisa
2007
Development
of
an
‘Analog’
of
an
Inkjet
Printer:
from
pico-‐liters
to
cenP-‐liters
22. Year
:
2007
Project
Title
:
D-‐Shape
3D
Printer
How
the
D-‐Shape
Printer
works
CAD-‐CAM
so_ware
operates
the
ploRer
during
the
prinEng
process.
The
external
laace
structure
holds
the
printer
head,
which
represents
the
real
core
of
this
new
technology..
The
process
begins
from
the
3D
data:
the
computer
design
obtained
is
converted
into
an
STL
file
and
is
imported
into
the
so_ware
that
controls
D-‐Shape’s
printer
head.
The
prinEng
process
takes
place
in
a
conEnuous
work
session:
during
the
prinEng
of
each
secEon
a
‘structural
ink’
is
deposited
by
the
printer’s
nozzles
on
the
sand.
The
solidificaEon
process
takes
24
hours
to
complete.
The
prinEng
starts
from
the
boRom
of
the
construcEon
and
rises
up
in
secEons
of
5-‐10mm
each:
upon
contact
the
solidificaEon
process
starts
and
a
new
layer
is
added.
Surplus
sand
that
has
not
been
embedded
within
the
structure
acts
as
a
buRressing
support
while
the
solidificaEon
process
takes
place.
This
surplus
sand
then
can
be
reused
on
future
prints.
23. Development
of
a
binder
based
on
Magnesium
based
chemistry
D-‐Salt
the
“Ink
“
a
chlorine
based
liquid-‐
low
viscosity
D-‐Sand
“Paper”
a
granular
material
(any)
mixed
with
a
metal
oxide
D-‐Salt
and
D-‐Sand
-‐
Pisa
2007
24.
Design
Concepts
-‐
Pisa
2007
25. Year
:
2008
Project
Title
:
Radiolaria
Purpose
:
First
prinEng
test
of
the
D-‐Shape
Printer
Supplier
:
Dini
engineering
srl
–
BuE
(Pisa)
-‐
ITALY
Commissioner
:
Monolite
UK
Ltd
–
London
Designers:
Arch.
Andrea
Morgante
–
Shiro
Studio
London
DescripEon
• Enrico
knew
Arch.
Andrea
Morgante
Director
at
Future
System.
• Andrea
interpreted
Enrico’s
aim
to
print
a
bone
structure
to
celebrate
the
potenEal
of
the
technology
• Andrea
submiRed
a
design
inspired
to
a
Radiolarian’s
ameboid
skeleton
he
named
Radiolaria.
• The
Radiolaria
was
supposed
to
be
a
four
meter
tall
Gazebo,
but
was
printed
only
at
an
half
scale
due
logisEc
resources.
• The
Radiolaria
was
printed
by
Enrico&Riccardo
Dini
in
June
2008.
• The
first
arEcle
about
the
Radilaria
was
featured
in
June
2009
• hRp://www.dezeen.com/2009/06/22/radiolaria-‐pavilion-‐by-‐shiro-‐studio/
30. Year
:
2009
Project
Title
:
PrinEng
test
Purpose
:
PrinEng
test
for
interior
design
objects
Supplier
:
Dini
engineering
srl
–
BuE
(Pisa)
-‐
ITALY
Commissioner
:
Freedom
Of
CreaEon
,
Amsterdam
–
The
Netherlands
Designer:
Janne
KiRanen
DescripEon
• Stone
Rings
printed
as
sample
tests.
• These
rings
was
presented
at
SAIE
2010
ExhibiEon
in
Bologna
and
was
awarded
with
InnovaEon
Prize
within
the
category
‘new
building
systems’
32. Year
:
2010
Project
Title
:
rootLOUNGE.MGX
-‐Root
Chair
Purpose
:
Sale
(First
piece
sold)
Supplier
:
Dini
engineering
srl
–
BuE
(Pisa)
-‐
ITALY
Commissioner
:
MGX
Materialise
Leuven
-‐
Belgium
Type
of
object
:
Chaise
Longue
(prototype)
Title
:
Author/Designer:
Kol
mac
-‐
Kolatan
Macdonald
Date:
2009
Technique
:
D-‐Shape
3D
prinEng
technique
of
Stone-‐like
building
blocks
Material
:
DolomiEc
Calcareous
Sandstone
Manufactured
by
Monolite
UK
ltd
for
Materialise
NV
Leuven
Belgium
36. Year
:
2010
Project
Title
:
Spiral
Holes
Current
LocaEon
:
University
of
Twente
Supplier
:
Dinitech
Spa
(Pisa)
-‐
ITALY
Commissioner
:
Rinus
Roelofs.
Lansinkweg
28,
7553AL
Hengelo,
the
Netherlands
Abstract
from
hRp://blog.rhino3d.com/2010/11/concrete-‐3d-‐printed-‐sculpture-‐by-‐
rinus.html
Rinus
Roelofs
created
recently
a
sculpture
for
the
Arte
Sella
park
(Italy).
The
sculpture
is
designed
in
Rhino
and
printed
in
concrete,
using
the
latest
technology
from
D-‐Shape,
a
huge
concrete
3D
printer.
"I
came
in
contact
with
Enrico
Dini
(the
inventor
of
the
machine)
at
the
University
of
Eindhoven
(WAAS
conference
2009
-‐
I
was
there
to
give
a
Grasshopper
workshop).
A_er
his
presentaEon
it
was
immediately
clear
to
me
that
I
had
to
go
to
Pisa,
where
the
printer
is
located,
for
the
realizaEon
in
stone
of
some
of
my
Rhino
designs.
This
year
a
complete
new
printer
is
build
with
many
improvements
based
on
the
experiences
with
their
first
printer.
The
new
printer
came
in
use
only
4
months
ago.
And
a_er
some
experiments,
failures
and
adjustments
of
my
Rhino-‐model,
the
sculpture
came
out
very
well.
It
was
good
to
work
with
the
people
of
Dinitech.
And
I
will
be
happy
to
start
a
next
project
with
them."
38. Year
:
2010
Project
Title
:
‘Together
Again’-‐
D-‐Shape
Garden
Purpose
:
Hampton
Court
Palace
Flower
Show
2010
–
Surrey
UK
Web
Site
:
hRp://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-‐Events/Hampton-‐Court-‐Palace-‐Flower-‐
Show/2010/Gardens/A-‐to-‐Z/Together-‐Again-‐D-‐shape-‐Garden
• Supplier
:
Dinitech
Spa
Pisa
(IT)
• Commissioner
:
Design
in
LaEtude
–
London
• Sponsor
:
Holiday
Inn
• Designers:
Claudio
Larcher
Modoloco
–
Milan/Victoria
Pustygina
&
Ludovica
Ginanneschi
• Gold
medallist
in
the
category
sustainable
gardens
• DescripEon
This
contemporary
garden
combines
strength
and
lightness,
creaEng
an
environmentally
sustainable
and
elegant
space
for
entertaining
and
relaxaEon.
The
centrepiece
of
the
garden
is
a
modern
structure
that
has
been
made
using
a
new
sustainable
technology
called
D-‐shape,
a
recycled
arEficial
stone
that
is
indisEnguishable
from
real
stone
and
100%
environmentally
friendly.
The
garden
celebrates
the
reunion
of
millions
of
grains
of
rock
sand,
which
started
out
as
natural
stone
and
have
been
brought
together
again
through
the
recycling
process
to
form
the
structure.
40. Year
:
2009
Project
Title
:
Gaudi’s
Column
Status:
• Supplier
:
Dini
engineering
Pisa
(IT)
• Commissioner
:
James
Gardiner
-‐
Monolite
UK
Ltd
• Designer:
Arch.
James
Gardiner
–
Faan
Studio
Melbourne
• DescripEon
In
2009
Enrico
entered
in
touch
with
arch.
Marc
Burry,
Director
of
the
SpaEal
InformaEon
Architecture
Laboratory
at
RMIT
;
Melbourne,
Australia
and
also
ExecuEve
Architect
and
Researcher
at
the
Temple
Sagrada
Familia
in
Barcelona
Catalonia,
Spain.
Enrico’s
aim
was
to
print
something
inspired
to
Gaudi’s
architecture.
Marc
Burry
sent
to
Pisa
Arch.
James
Gardiner
.
James
spent
two
months
training
at
Dini
engineering
along
which
designed
and
give
direct
the
3D
prinEng
of
a
Gaudi’s
like
Column.
It
was
the
beginning
of
a
long
term
cooperaEon
sEll
on
going.
42. Year
:
2009-‐
Present
Project
Title
:
Villa
Roccia
–
Porto
Rotondo
Sardinia
Status:
on
hold
• Supplier
:
Dinitech
Pisa
(IT)
• Commissioner
:
Alberto
Farci-‐
Land
lord
• Designer:
Arch.
James
Gardiner
–
Faan
Studio
Melbourne
• DescripEon
In
2009
Dinitech
commissioned
to
James
Gardiner
the
design
of
a
Villa
whose
shape
could
be
inspired
to
the
wind
milled
shapes
of
Sardinian
Coast.
A
first
‘slice’
of
Villa
Roccia
(also
called
Villa
Boulder)
was
3D
Printed
and
temporary
assembled
into
Dinitech’s
facility.
Unfortunately
the
project
in
currently
on
hold
due
lack
of
funding
by
the
owner
and
missing
the
permissions
by
local
authority.
Villa
Baflo-‐like
By
James
Gardiner
–Faan
Studio-‐
Melbourne9
45. Year
:
2010
Project
Title
:
Villa
BaRlò
–
Luxury
&
Yachts
Fair
-‐
Verona
Status:
Project
• Supplier
:
Dinitech
Pisa
(IT)
• Commissioner
:
Dinitech
Pisa
• Designer:
Arch.
James
Gardiner
–
Faan
Studio
Melbourne
• DescripEon
In
2009
Dinitech
commissioned
to
James
Gardiner
the
design
of
a
Villa
whose
shapes
could
be
inspired
to
Casa
BaRlò
in
Barcelona
–Spain.
Arch.
James
Gardiner
designed
a
complete
project.
Unfortunately
the
drawing
was
provided
in
late
for
the
show
and
the
project
has
been
put
on
hold.
Villa
Baflo-‐like
By
James
Gardiner
–Faan
Studio-‐
Melbourne9
47. Year
:
2010
Project
Title
:
UnaCasaTuRadiUnPezzo
(OneShotPrintedHouse)
Purpose:
ExhibiEon
in
Milan
by
arch.
Marco
Ferreri
• Supplier
:
Dinitech
Pisa
(IT)
• Commissioner
:
Triennale
Milano
Museum
• Designer:
Arch.
Marco
Ferreri
• DescripEon
In
summer
2009
Marco
Ferreri
took
a
ride
with
histo
Cascine
di
BuE
Villa
Baflo-‐like
By
James
Gardiner
–Faan
Studio-‐
Melbourne9
51. Year
:
2011
Project
Title
:
Topology
OpPmizaPon
in
architectural
design
Status:
delivered
• Supplier
:
Dinitech
Pisa
(IT)
• Commissioner
:
Universität
der
Künste
Berlin
UDK
Designer:
Prof.
Dipl.-‐Ing.
Norbert
Palz
• DescripPon
3D
PrinPng
experiment
using
D-‐Shape
within
the
course
program
in
Berlin
focused
on
the
following
topics:
Topology
opPmizaPon
of
architectural
structures,
non-‐linear
Finite
Element
Methods,
Structural
opPmizaPon
,
Human
-‐
robot
interacPon,
ComputaPonal
Geometry,
Computer
Graphics
and
Vision,
RoboPcs
and
Mechatronics,
Concepts
of
Object-‐Orientated
Programming.
Outcome
of
the
study
was
presented
and
Berlin
Design
Modelling
Symposium
in
October
2011
53. Year
:
2009-‐
2012
Project
Title
:
3D
PrinEng
of
Building
Block
using
Lunar
Soil
Status:
close
to
end
• Proposers
:
Alta
Space
–
Pisa
(IT)
,
Monolite
UK
Ltd
–
London
(UK)
,
Foster+
Partners
,
London
(UK)
,
Scuola
Superiore
S.Anna
–
Pisa
(IT)
• Commissioner
:
The
European
Space
Agency
-‐
Laurent
Pambaguian
European
Space
Agency
ESA-‐ESTEC
• Designer:
Xavier
De
Kestelier
Associate
Partner
Foster+Partners
|
Specialist
Modelling
Group
• DescripEon
• PorEon
of
"Lunar
House"
created
with
'D-‐Shape'
direct
manufacturing
process
using
D-‐NA
lunar
soil
simulant.
Item
was
made
in
the
frame
of
the
General
Study
Program
'3D
Printed
Building
Blocks
using
Lunar
Soil'
funded
by
the
European
Space
Agency,
with
the
aim
to
invesEgate
if
the
concept
of
3D
PrinEng
is
suitable
for
the
construcEon
of
a
lunar
habitat.
The
study
is
conducted
by
an
industrial
consorEum
comprising
Alta
SpA
of
Pisa
(Prime
Contractor),
Monolite
UK
Ltd
of
London,
the
Specialist
Modeling
Group
of
Foster+Partners
and
the
Perceptual
RoboEcs
Laboratory
of
Scuola
Superiore
Sant’Anna
of
Pisa."
54. Moon
Project
for
ESA
By
Monolite
UK-‐Foster+
Partners-‐Alta-‐Scuola
S.Anna
55. Year
:
2009-‐
present
Project
Title
:
Full
Scale
Radiolaria
Status:
On
hold
waiEng
for
delivery
• Supplier
and
Manufacturer:
Dinitech
Spa
-‐
Italy
• Client:
Comune
di
Pontedera
(Pisa)
-‐
Italy
• Designer:
Arch.
Andrea
Morgante
–
Shiro
Studio
-‐www.shiro-‐studio.com
• DescripEon
• In
the
fall
2009
the
Municipality
of
Pontedera
commissioned
to
Dinitech
a
full
scale
model
of
Radiolaria
by
Andrea
Morgante.
The
Monument
will
be
an
8.5
meter
tall
building
structure
made
of
130
‘free-‐form
bricks’
assembled
and
sEtch
together
with
internal
cables
and
reinforcements.
• It
is
be
the
very
first
experiment
ever
in
which
3D
prinEng
is
applied
as
a
real
building
technique
facing
most
of
the
common
maRers
related
to
civil
engineering.
• The
purpose
of
the
Radiolaria
is
to
be
a
laicisEc
Temple
to
Beauty,
an
absolute
and
a
relaEve
concept
value
always
far
away
from
evil.
• It
is
devoted
to
some
pure
souls
Enrico
Dini
encountered
during
his
life
:Karol
WojEla
,
Marco
‘Wolly’
Valleggi,
Aurora
Paolinelli
and
Marco
TesE.
62. Year
:
2011-‐
present
Project
Title
:
ArEficial
Reefs
Status:
Shipment
of
goods
• Supplier
:
D-‐Shape
Ltd
London
• Manufacturer
:
Dinitech
Spa
-‐
Italy
• Client:
Sustainable
Oceans
InternaEonal
Pty
Ltd
–
Melbourne
AU
• Designer:
Arch.
James
Gardiner-‐
Faan
Studio
jamesg@faanstudio.com
• DescripEon
D-‐Shape’s
chemistry
is
perfect
for
3D
PrinEng
of
Marina
furnishing
building
blocks.
Wave
energy
dissipaEon,
low
impact
visual
architecture,
fishing
repopulaEon,
tourisEc
aRracEon,
improvement
of
landscape
can
be
achieved
in
one
go
using
the
D-‐Shape
process.
Arch.
James
Gardiner
developed
and
patented
parEcular
coral
reefs
having
special
features
studied
together
the
client.
65. Year
:
2012
Project
Title
:
Underwater
Moma
Park
Status:
under
submission
Proposer
:
Dinitech
Spa
–
Italian
Licensee
of
D-‐Shape
Technology
in
Italy
Client:
Comune
di
Monte
Argentario
–
(Grosseto)
-‐
Italy
Designers
and
Partners
:
• Alessio
Erioli
researcher,
engineer
at
Università
di
Bologna
PhD
in
engineering,
MArch
in
Biodigital
Architecture
architect
and
coder
at
Co-‐de-‐iT
-‐
www.co-‐de-‐it.com
• Rinus
Roelofs.
Lansinkweg
28,
7553AL
Hengelo,
the
Netherlands
hRp://www.rinusroelofs.nl/
• Other
arEsts
not
defined
yet
• DescripEon
Argentario
is
a
beauEful
peninsula
north
of
Rome.
The
local
Municipality
is
evaluaEng
co-‐sponsoring
the
seang
of
an
underwater
museum
of
eco-‐
sculptures
(whose
design
is
suitable
to
enhance
fish
repopulaEon)
in
the
water
front
of
Porto
Santo
Stefano.
66. D-Shape Ltd
101 Wardour Street
London W1F 0UN (UK)
www.d-shape.com
Dinitech Spa
Via di Novecchio 30,
Z.I. Ospedaletto 56121 Pisa (IT)
www.dinitech.it
Coral
reefs