Researchers at technology university ETH Zurich have created a deeply ridged ceiling called the HiRes Concrete Slab, which they claim saves energy while offering a spectacular aesthetic.

The world’s first ever full scale lightweight concrete slab was fabricated by ETH Zurich using a 3D sand printer for its formwork.

ETH Zurich describes the slab as combining "the structural strength of concrete with the design freedom of 3D printing". A secondary formwork made using a more traditional mould of CNC-cut timber ...

Material-saving and reversible construction approaches are showcased in the spine-like Cadenza concrete spiral staircase, created by researchers at technology university ETH Zurich working with ...

A research team led by Jamin Dillenburger, an assistant professor at ETH Zurich, has recently produced and installed a concrete ceiling shaped by 3D-printed sand formwork. Dubbed the “Smart Slab ...

Beyond automation and optimisation, the DFAB House, built by a team of architects and academics at ETH Zurich, wonders aloud how computational design and robotic fabrication is changing the aesthetics ...

According to an announcement from ETH Zurich, research from an architecture PhD student shows that a new type of formwork to shape a floor can potentially use up to 60 percent less concrete and 90 ...

03/09/2020 March 9, 2020. Once a month, Euromaxx presents exclusive living spaces: Houses, flats and apartments all over Europe. The first house built by robots is located in Dübendorf near Zürich.

In collaboration with partners from the construction industry, researchers from the Block Research Group (BRG) at ETH Zurich have now completed the complex, doubly curved concrete roof for the HiLo ...