ABSTRACT
Additive manufacturing of architectural components mediated by digital design tools is a reality that will shape and redefine the spaces we inhabit and the way we build and relate to them. It is not just a new method to build the same architecture, but a set of techniques that enhance new formal, spatial and material conditions (Rahim 2010), integrated in a logic that transcends the architectural project as we know, establishing itself as fundamental to finally respond the evident limitations it presents. In this sense, this paper proposes the design and construction of 3D framed structures constituted by discretized ceramic components produced by LDM (Liquid Deposition Modeling) and post tension systems. For the execution of the connecting elements between beams and columns there were tested metallic and wooden materials to work in collaboration with ceramic elements, counteracting their weakness to traction efforts. The outcome is a hybrid framed structure made of ceramic, wood, steel, and concrete, exploring the best that each of these materials can offer.
