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AIRMESH : Radical Nothingness

AirMesh pushes the limits of lightness in Architectural innovation and Building Technologies, becoming the world's first architectural structure made of 3D printed components in stainless steel. It demonstrates state-of-the-art digital design and manufacturing technologies developed by AirLab at Singapore University of Technology and Design. The ultra-lightweight pavilion, located at Gardens by the Bay, is a gathering space and a light sculpture. The state-of-the-art design follows Eurocode regulations and is the first 3D Printed structure that has been approved by the Singapore Building Construction Authority (BCA) for temporary occupation in Singapore. The pavilion, also approved by URA (Urban Redevelopment Authority), will remain in the gardens till the end of 2020, and relocated to Marina Bay till 2023. With the vision of reducing the usage of material in construction, and to fully enable absolute free-form in Architectural design, an entirely new constructive system by Airlab has been developed over more than four years of research. Using Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) in Stainless Steel, extremely complex structurally-optimized components can be fabricated, achieving zero wastage of material in the fabrication process. Those components are combined with standard steel tubular profiles thanks to a bespoke connection system, which reduces the assembly time to a few seconds using hex keys of different sizes. Typically, current space frames systems consist of a regular pattern, primarily due to the impossibility of resolving complex geometries with a limited number of standard nodes. As 3D-printing eliminates the incentive of using standard parts, the economic benefits of using a repetitive pattern is reduced. To design space frames with this greater design freedom, new tools, technology, and innovation were required to materialize Airmesh. This digital design workflow opens creativity to nearly endless geometric freedom, mass-customization, and optimized, ornamental, multifunctional architectural structures. In tandem, 3D Printing served as a promise to materialize wild design visions into built reality; yet an unfulfilled one due to size, time, and cost constraints. AirMesh approach, rather than 3D printing the entire structure which would result in very high costs of production, combines 3D printed components with standard elements in a seamless way. It sets the path for full free-form designs, with a rapid assembly and in a more affordable range.