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

• 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)

• 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

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

  • Date: 06.04.2020
  • Authors: 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.

• Formwork Fabrication Freedom for a Concrete Canoe (2019)

  • Date: 06.09.2019
  • Authors: Andrei Jipa, Mathias Bernhard, Nicolas Ruffray, 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, 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)

• 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

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

  • Date: 01.01.2018
  • Authors: Mania Aghaei Meibodi, Andrei Jipa, Rena Giesecke, Demetris Shammas, Mathias Bernhard, Matthias Leschok, 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)

• 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, Mathias Bernhard, Andrei Jipa, 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, Mathias Bernhard, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Nicolas Ruffray, 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