Stone Spray builds architecture from the ground up ... literally
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Stone Spray uses soil and sand combined with a solidifying agent to build solid, eco-friendly architecture much like a 3D printer
The Stone Spray works much like a 3D printer, since it follows a 3D design from a computer and creates objects by layering material
Once it's dried, the resulting creation from the Stone Spray resembles a chunk of corral but is as solid as concrete
The Stone Spray on can build in almost any direction, creating multi-directional arcs and even constructing outward from a vertical surface
The Stone Spray on can build in almost any direction, creating multi-directional arcs and even constructing outward from a vertical surface
Instead of using a synthetic material like plastic, the Stone Spray uses natural soil or sand mixed with a solidifying agent
Certain designs aren't solid enough to stand on their own during production, but these can still be made around a wire framework, such as this stool
With further development, the group behind the project envisions full-sized, usable structures, including bridges, constructed from scratch with materials from the local environment
With further development, the group behind the project envisions full-sized, usable structures, including bridges, constructed from scratch with materials from the local environment
Article Summary
As useful as 3D printers are becoming in industrial design, they still aren't exactly eco-friendly and are still mostly limited to small scale objects. You couldn't really use one to print a building just yet, but a group of architects may have taken a step in the right direction with a new machine called the Stone Spray. Using natural soil and sand, the Stone Spray can construct intricate solid structures at almost any location, even on vertical surfaces.
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