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id
cdrf2021_349
authors
Mirko Daneluzzo and Michele Daneluzzo
year
2021
title
Reinventing Staircases for Thermoplastic Additive Manufacturing
source
Proceedings of the 2021 DigitalFUTURES
The 3rd International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2021)
The paper presents an ongoing project focusing on the application of additive manufacturing technologies for the design of staircases. Additive digital fabrication allows architects to reinvestigate materials, processes, and creates new design opportunities to explore novel aesthetical and functional expression in architecture, enabling a reinterpretation of the typology of the staircase, using thermoplastic materials. This paper reviews the opportunities and challenges of using 3D printing for fabricating custom stairs with complex geometries in two studied configurations.