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.

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

A lightweight concrete ceiling with formwork 3D-printed from sand is among the innovations to feature in an experimental robot-made house built by university ETH Zurich.

Lotte Scheder-Bieschin, a PhD student at ETH Zurich, may be on to something. She has developed an ingenious formwork system that could transform the way we construct buildings. Her invention ...

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 ...

An architecture PhD student at ETH Zurich has developed a reportedly simple solution for building concrete floors in a more climate-friendly way - saving on concrete material and steel used due to ...

Together with industry partners, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed new construction methods for building a doubly curved concrete roof. Now it is complete and under the open sky for the first ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.