Work Topic

3D printing, a novel digital fabrication process, is used for making complex formwork (Free Formwork). Two different 3D printing technologies, binder jetting and fused deposition modelling are investigated in parallel.

Role in the NCCR Digital Fabrication

PhD Researcher

Affiliation

Chair for Digital Building Technologies, ETH Zurich

Project

Free Formwork

NCCR publications

• Sandstone and Plastic: HiRes Slab Switzerland (2024)

  • Date: 01.01.2024
  • Authors: Andrei Jipa, Dr. Gearóid Lydon, Angela Yoo

• Sandstone and Plastic: Smart Slab Switzerland (2024)

  • Date: 01.01.2024
  • Authors: Andrei Jipa

• 3D-printed formworks for glass fibre reinforced shotcrete (2023)

  • Date: 09.05.2023
  • Authors: Andrei Jipa, Theo Bürgin, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: 18th International Glassfibre Reinforced Concrete Association Congress (GRC2023)

• Environmental stress cracking of 3D-printed polymers exposed to concrete (2022)

  • Date: 01.10.2022
  • Authors: Andrei Jipa, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Notes: Thermoplastic Selection for Formwork

• 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

• 3D Printed Formwork for Concrete: State-of-the-Art, Opportunities, Challenges, and Applications (2022)

  • Date: 01.04.2022
  • Authors: Andrei Jipa, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger

• Free Formwork (2022)

  • Date: 01.01.2022
  • Authors: Andrei Jipa

• 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)

• DFAB House: A comprehensive demonstrator of digital fabrication in architecture (2020)

  • Date: 06.04.2020
  • Authors: Dr. Konrad Graser, Marco Baur, Dr. Aleksandra Anna Apolinarska, Prof. Dr. Kathrin Dörfler, Prof. Dr. Norman Hack, Andrei Jipa, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Timothy Sandy, Daniel Sanz-Pont, Prof. Dr. Daniel Hall, Prof. Matthias Kohler
  • Event: Fabricate 2020 (virtual)
  • Notes: Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the conference was conducted virtually.

• 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.

• Formwork Fabrication Freedom for a Concrete Canoe (2019)

  • Date: 06.09.2019
  • Authors: Andrei Jipa, Nicolas Ruffray, Mathias Bernhard, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger

• Powder Bed 3D Printing with Geopolymers (2019)

  • Date: 01.03.2019
  • Authors: Dr. Vera Voney, Pietro Odaglia, Dr. Gnanli Landrou, Coralie Brumaud, Andrei Jipa, Dr. Isolda Agustí Juan, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Dr. Guillaume Habert
  • Event: 2nd RILEM Spring Convention & International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Systems and Structures (SMSS2019)

• 3D-Printed Formwork for Integrated Funicular Concrete Slabs (2019)

  • Date: 01.01.2019
  • Authors: Andrei Jipa, Cristian Javier Calvo Barentin, Georgia Chousou, Dr. Gearóid Lydon, Dr. Matthias Rippmann, Matteo Lomaglio, Arno Schlueter, Prof. Dr. Philippe Block, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: Form and Force – Joint International Conference of IASS Symposium 2019 (60th Anniversary) and Structural Membranes 2019

• 3D-Printed Formwork for Prefabricated Concrete Slabs (2018)

  • Date: 28.11.2018
  • Authors: Andrei Jipa, Mania Aghaei Meibodi, Mathias Bernhard, Demetris Shammas, Dr. Rena Giesecke, Dr. Matthias Leschok, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: 1st International Conference on 3D Construction Printing (3DcP)
  • Notes: Conference lecture held on 28 November 2018.

• Environmental assessment of multi-functional building elements constructed with digital fabrication techniques (2018)

  • Date: 01.11.2018
  • Authors: Dr. Isolda Agustí Juan, Andrei Jipa, Prof. Dr. Guillaume Habert
  • Notes: It was possible to publish this article open access thanks to a Swiss National Licence with the publisher.

• Smart Slab: Computational Design and Digital Fabrication of a Lightweight Concrete Slab (2018)

  • Date: 01.01.2018
  • Authors: Mania Aghaei Meibodi, Andrei Jipa, Mathias Bernhard, Demetris Shammas, Dr. Rena Giesecke, Dr. Matthias Leschok, Dr. Konrad Graser, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA 2018)
  • Notes: Paper presented on Thursday 18th October 2018.

• Smart Slab: Computational Design and Digital Fabrication of a Lightweight Concrete Slab (2018)

  • Date: 01.01.2018
  • Authors: Mania Aghaei Meibodi, Andrei Jipa, Mathias Bernhard, Demetris Shammas, Dr. Rena Giesecke, Dr. Matthias Leschok, Dr. Konrad Graser, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA 2018)
  • Notes: Paper presented on Thursday 18th October 2018.

• Submillimeter Formwork (2018)

  • Date: 01.01.2018
  • Authors: Andrei Jipa, Mathias Bernhard, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: TxA 78th Annual Conference and Design Expo (TxA 2017)

• Complex architectural elements from HPFRC and 3D printed sandstone (2017)

  • Date: 02.10.2017
  • Authors: Andrei Jipa, Nicolas Ruffray, Mathias Bernhard, Mania Aghaei Meibodi, Neil Montague de Taisne, Felix Stutz, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: 3rd International Symposium on Ultra-High Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC 2017)

• Geopolymers for inorganic binder in 3D printing application in construction (2017)

  • Date: 14.07.2017
  • Authors: Dr. Vera Voney, Dr. Gnanli Landrou, Andrei Jipa, Pietro Odaglia, Dr. Isolda Agustí Juan, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Dr. Guillaume Habert
  • Event: II European Geopolymer Network

• The Smart Takes from the Strong (2017)

  • Date: 03.04.2017
  • Authors: Mania Aghaei-Meibodi, Andrei Jipa, Mathias Bernhard, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: Fabricate 2017

• skelETHon Formwork: 3D Printed Plastic Formwork for Load-Bearing Concrete Structures (2017)

  • Date: 01.01.2017
  • Authors: Andrei Jipa, Nicolas Ruffray, Mathias Bernhard, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: XXI Congreso Internacional de la Sociedad Iberoamericana de Gráfica Digital (SIGraDi 2017)

• 3D-Printed Stay-in-Place Formwork for Topologically Optimized Concrete Slabs (2016)

  • Date: 04.11.2016
  • Authors: Andrei Jipa, Mathias Bernhard, Prof. Dr. Mania Aghaei Meibodi, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: 2016 TxA Emerging Design + Technology Conference

• Powder-Based 3D Printing for Building Components (2016)

  • Date: 01.09.2016
  • Authors: Andrei Jipa, Mathias Bernhard, Prof. Dr. Mania Aghaei Meibodi, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: Advances in Architectural Geometry 2016 (AAG 2016)

Media impressions

• 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

Email

UQ.JUKY.UQLS@SDGZ@

External URL(s)

• Andrei Jipa
• Digital Building Technologies