philipp aduatz creates 3D printed concrete outdoor furniture

commissioned by interior designer kara mann, philipp aduatz has created a large collection of custom-made 3D printed concrete furniture pieces for a private client in chicago. for this project, philipp aduatz has cooperated with austrian start-up incremental3d, which produced his ‘digital chaiselongue’ for milan design week in 2018. 

sofa front 3/4 view
all images by paris tsitsos 

the biggest challenge and innovation for this project was to develop a suitable reinforcement technology to provide the load capacity for the design language of philipp aduatz. by its nature, concrete is a material with very little tensile strength; therefore, it should be reinforced. in this case, a customized semi-automatic strategy was developed.

sofa back 3/4 view

the required pay loads had been calculated, tested and proved by the high performance of a specific combination of glass fiber rods and carbon textile reinforcement. this was visually perfectly integrated into the design. the commission consists of two large sofas, two chairs and a 24-foot-long bench divided into three segments. each item has been produced in one piece with a minimum thickness, and has been placed in a permanent outdoor environment.

sofa side view

the designer sitting on his sofa

chair front 3/4 view with 3D printer in the background

chair side view with 3D printer in the background

chair back 3/4 view with 3D printer in the background

24-foot-long bench divided into three segments

view into the sofa

side view of 24-foot-long bench

middle section of the 24-foot-long bench

detail of sofa

project info:

designer: philipp aduatz
collaborator: incremental3d
commissioned by: kara mann

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edited by: myrto katsikopoulou | designboom