Sustainable Design Network

The Old and the New

Saving existing buildings and embodied carbon doesn’t mean they cannot be refreshed and reinvented

Matitectura uses Midjourney to reimagine how existing buildings can be renovated

✍️ @matitectura

3D Printed Sand Formwork to Make a Lightweight Concrete Structure

֍ 3D Printing Tech = Sand Binder Jetting (recyclable sand)

֍ Lightweighting = computational design, simulation and optimization

֍ Marinaressa Coral Tree was designed for the Exhibition “Time Space Existence” (Venice) by the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) and the Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW University of Stuttgart)

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#3Dprinting
#3Dprintingtraining
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L-bricks tectonics 🧱
Using terracotta waste to make new bricks using digital fabrication

✍️ andyrahman_architect

How do you provide park 🌳 views to all 800 students? And protect them from solar 🌞 exposure?

🌏 The Street, Student Dormitory, Mathura, #India
📐 Sanjay Puri Architects


#residential #universities #students #studenthousing #studentliving #nature #biophilia

3 sustainable design themes translated into design strategies — Sustainable Nature, Sense of Community, and Physical Wellbeing

Prepared for Jin Wellbeing County Senior Community in Bangkok ✍️ SHMA

#StormwaterManagement #watermanagment #sustainabledesign #shma #sustainabledesign

3D sections generated in ChatGPT —
expertly prompted by Chris Smeaton

Original drawings by @100architects

The structure depicted is the Grand Ring
at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan

It is a large wooden structure designed to symbolize unity among the 161 participating countries.

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) has completed the 3D printing of a 100 m² low carbon emissions building prototype using local soil and natural materials.

Situated in the forest of Valldaura in the Natural Park of Collserola (Barcelona), the project uses pioneering 3DWasp Crane technology and represents a significant step towards a sustainable km0 earth affordable housing model.

#3dprinting #earthblock #lowcarbon #affordablehousing #naturalmaterials