In 2014, a 3D-printed Canal House by DUS architects caught the attention of the world – including President Obama. The 3D Print Canal House proved the potentials of Additive Manufacturing for architecture and construction. Additive Manufacturing provides the architect with completely new solutions for realising tool-less production methods while allowing maximum freedom of design. Additive Manufacturing is ideally suited for Rapid Prototyping. It is possible to manufacture physical presentation and functional prototypes with complex shapes quickly and cost-efficiently without the need for manual processing – directly using three-dimensional CAD construction data. This makes the entire product development process considerably faster. Imagine 10 explores the potentials of Additive Manufacturing for architecture by charting the current state of technology, discussing its implications for design and construction processes, and presents research projects as well as concept ideas for future Additive Manufacturing applications. @en

The radical change in architectural design transcends the individuality of design towards multivarious individuation. The immersion of parametric diagrams in the representation of architectural objects leads into a process that could be grasped and manipulated with a high degree of efficiency. Computational advanced design techniques are becoming necessary; therefore new techniques need to be implemented to work on retooling the traditional ways of manufacturing elements. To formulate the problem; Architects, façade engineers and manufacturers need a speculated new solutions and be their liaison for collaboration. Complex designs driven out of parametric potentials are characterized by the various angles and inclinations that form the mullions/sub-construction, which forms the desirable design. Accordingly, having a flexible connection that can provide a full range of proper angles, is requisite. Additive manufacturing also is known as 3D printing, is based on the theory that any object could be synthesized by breaking it down to multilayers that are needed to be laid at the top of each other to form the final object. Metal- Based additive manufacturing has significant growth in the last couple of years, based on the advantages that AM offers, which is producing complex 3D objects directed from CAD data without the need for that careful and detailed analysis that is needed by the other manufacturing processes. A unique collaboration between architects, façade engineers and manufacturers could be achieved by following a whole new aspect, which is how to move from Design to Production. The merge between design and manufacturing could revolutionize the building process of complex buildings. Moreover, the elimination of several constraints, which usually show up in the planning phases. Additively manufactured parts still need some verification to reach the level that the market and the user can accept and trust.@en