Work Topic

The context of digital fabrication with concrete allows architects to reinvestigate material, process and design in order to explore novel expression in architecture. As an approach to no-formwork construction, concrete extrusion 3D printing is ideal for complex shapes that would be impossible to produce with any other available technique.

Role in the NCCR Digital Fabrication

Postdoctoral Researcher

Affiliation

Chair for Digital Building Technologies, ETH Zurich

Project

Technology Readiness: 3D Concrete Printing

Focus Topics

• Project 2C: Technology-Readiness Demonstration by focused Applications

NCCR publications

• Tor Alva: A 3D Concrete Printed Tower (2024)

  • Date: 04.04.2024
  • Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Che Wei Lin, Eleni Skevaki, Ming-Yang Wang, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Dr. Alejandro Giraldo Soto, Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann, Michael Hansmeyer, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures

• Imprinting Concrete Graded Transparency in 3D Concrete Printing Walls (2023)

  • Date: 01.01.2023
  • Authors: Wei-Ting Chen, Liya Sunny Anthraper, Eleni Skevaki, Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Ana Anton
  • Event: 28th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2023)

• Digitally fabricated ribbed concrete floor slabs: a sustainable solution for construction (2022)

  • Date: 06.07.2022
  • Authors: Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Patrick Bischof, Dr. Tobias Huber, Dr. Ana Anton, Dr. Joris Burger, Dr. Francesco Ranaudo, Andrei Jipa, Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Tom Van Mele, Prof. Dr. Philippe Block, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann

• A 3D Printing Platform for Reinforced Printed-Sprayed Concrete Composites (2022)

  • Date: 01.01.2022
  • Authors: Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Ana Anton, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: 3rd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2022)

• Two Year Exposure of 3D Printed Cementitious Columns in a High Alpine Environment (2022)

  • Date: 01.01.2022
  • Authors: Dr. Timothy Wangler, Asel Maria Aguilar Sanchez, Dr. Ana Anton, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: 3rd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2022)
  • Notes: Conference lecture held on June 29, 2022.

• Reinforcement lattices for 3DCP: A fabrication method based on ruled surfaces (2022)

  • Date: 01.01.2022
  • Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Dr. Lex Reiter, Eleni Skevaki, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: 5th International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2022)

• Pre-installed Reinforcement for 3D Concrete Printing (2022)

  • Date: 01.01.2022
  • Authors: Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Patrick Bischof, Dr. Ana Anton, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
  • Event: 3rd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2022)
  • Notes: Conference lecture held on June 28, 2022

• 3D Printed Concrete Tectonics (2021)

  • Date: 01.11.2021
  • Authors: Aya Shaker, Noor Khader, Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Ana Anton
  • Event: 41st Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture: Realignments: Toward Critical Computation (ACADIA 2021)
  • Notes: Conference lecture held on November 5, 2021

• Fast Complexity: Additive Manufacturing for Bespoke Concrete Slabs (2021)

  • Date: 01.08.2021
  • Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Andrei Jipa, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: 40th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA 2020)

• Structural behaviour of 3D printed concrete beams with various reinforcement strategies (2021)

  • Date: 01.08.2021
  • Authors: Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Dr. Ana Anton, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann

• A 3D concrete printing prefabrication platform for bespoke columns (2021)

  • Date: 01.02.2021
  • Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Valens Frangez, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger

• Experimental investigation of reinforcement strategies for concrete extrusion 3D printed beams (2020)

  • Date: 01.08.2020
  • Authors: Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Dr. Ana Anton, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
  • Event: 13th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering (2020)
  • Notes: Conference lecture held on August 26, 2020. Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the conference was conducted virtually. Awarded with the Best Paper Award in the category Innovation in Materials and Structures.

• Setting on demand for digital concrete – Principles, measurements, chemistry, validation (2020)

  • Date: 01.06.2020
  • Authors: Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Dr. Ana Anton, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt

• Concrete Choreography: Prefabrication of 3D-Printed Columns (2020)

  • Date: 06.04.2020
  • Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Patrick Bedarf, Angela Yoo, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: Fabricate 2020 (virtual)
  • Notes: Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the conference was conducted virtually.

• Aligned Interlayer Fibre Reinforcement and Post-tensioning as a Reinforcement Strategy for Digital Fabrication (2020)

  • Date: 01.01.2020
  • Authors: Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Dr. Ana Anton, Dr. Joris Burger, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
  • Event: 2nd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2020) (virtual)

• Fast Complexity: Additive Manufacturing for Prefabricated Concrete Slabs (2020)

  • Date: 01.01.2020
  • Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Andrei Jipa, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: 2nd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2020) (virtual)
  • Notes: Due to the Corona virus (COVID-19) the conference was conducted virtually.

• Concrete Extrusion 3D Printing across Disciplines • Opportunities for Customisation (2019)

  • Date: 01.06.2019
  • Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Angela Yoo, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: Swiss Tunnel Congress (STC 2019)

• Vertical Modulations (2019)

  • Date: 01.01.2019
  • Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Angela Yoo, Patrick Bedarf, Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture: Ubiquity and Autonomy (ACADIA 2019)
  • Notes: Conference lecture on October 26, 2019.

• Ceramic Components (2018)

  • Date: 01.09.2018
  • Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Ahmed Abdelmahgoub
  • Event: 36th Annual Conference: Computing for a better tomorrow (eCAADe 2018)

Media impressions

• Fast Complexity
• 3D-PRINTING HALVES CONCRETE USE IN CONSTRUCTION
• Swiss researchers develop method of printing complex structures with half the concrete
• Komplexe Sparsamkeit
• 'fast complexity' project employs 3D printing to make concrete use more efficient
• 3D Printing Concrete for a Sustainable Architecture
• Tanzende Säulen: Concrete Choreography von Studierenden der ETH Zürich

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