Adaptive 3D printed facade system Spong3D could hugely improve thermal performance of offices and homes

Recent research by a team of students in the Netherlands made use of 3D printing technology to potentially change the way houses are built in the future. The project, which was a collaboration between Delft University of Technology and Eindhoven University of Technology, showed how a facade system could be 3D printed with a complex structure that would enable the optimization of a building’s thermal performance.

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