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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Tokyo students develop architectural 3D-printing pen
www.dezeen.com: A group of University of Tokyo students overseen by architect Kengo Kuma have developed a 3D-printing pen that can be used to create complex architectural structures out of plastic sticks.
5 comments:
Fiona Rhodes
said...
3D Printing pens have been around for a while, but I have yet to actually see one that has actually got everything right. The difficulty with a 3D pen is that the smaller and more easily handled the pen is, the closer the heating element is to your hand, which some people have said is an issue with the smaller LIX pen that was developed a while ago. That pen actually had videos of people using it, so one could see how the plastic behaved when it came out of the pen. In this version, I would be worried about how viscous the plastic coming out of the pen is. If it's like drawing mid-air with hot glue, that would be horrible! I do really like what they have created. It does sag a little bit under it's own weight, but I would be interested to see how big they could get it without the use of the acrylic rod. Is the material strong enough (and the users accurate enough) to draw a structure midair and have it work? In small enough segments and with enough layers, could it be used to create something as structural as a chair?
This pen is AMAZING. I don’t fully understand how it workd, but you can write in mid-air and have the “ink” just stand. I don’t get how the computer aids the drawer to make more precise lines because you still have to have a really steady hand. I wonder if they computer will stop the pen from printing if you get too far off target. This technology kind of reminds me of the 3d plastic soldering pen that was in an article a long time ago. It would also allow you to draw shapes using plastic to fill in gaps or make small replacement parts for things that broke. But seeing this new 3D printing pen being used for giant art installations with much better precision is amazing to see. I also really like how they see this technology as a way to bridge the gap between human and machine production and it will be really interesting to see where this goes in the future.
I've heard about 3D pens. In my mind it is comparable to a hot glue gun that just cools immediately. I think this kind of technology is really incredible. I think that this is a step in the direction of an incoming art movement. It would be incredible to see the works that artists would come up with using this tool. The only thing is, is that I don't think is it far enough developed first of all for the mass public market, but more over I don't think it ready yet for the art world. It limits the artist to a single color and in a way of creating. It is probably so expensive that if something didn't come out right that scrapping the design is an easy thing to do. I also imagine that the design would have to be a very pre planned design because of the structural integrity of the sculpture using the pen has to be done right. I really am excited to see what can be created with this kind of technology but I also think that as it is right now it is not at its full potential.
The most interesting part about this piece of art is that it is being supported by a thin strand of plastic. Obviously it is not just one single strand. It is more like million strands that work together to hold up the structure. It is so interesting to think that every single one of the thin pieces of plastic are needed to hold it up. . Whenever I look at this art I think of the straw project that is assigned freshman fall. It hard to grasp that something is so weak by itself can be so structurally sound when used the right way.
My question to the designers would be to share the challenges they faced throughout the process. 3-D pens are such a new concept; it makes me wonder how that affected the build process. Another question would be how the strands are adhered to each other? Is the hold of plastic sticking to plastic enough? It is so great to see people experiment with the new technologies of this generation to make truly stunning art pieces.
I think this is fascinating. I still don’t believe that the 3D printing pens exist as I have never seen one in person. It seems to me that this project is essentially a giant 3D printer where the operator is all three axes. I think that the term architecture is used here in a generic sense. The pictures in the article don’t look like architecture to me – buildings and the like. It looks like this is an exercise in structure rather than architecture. The uses for this certainly could include architecture and potentially the design of buildings. It could inform how buildings are build or to prototype if a building design will work or if there is sufficient structure. Although, this could have larger implications, it could just as easily just be used as a creative outlet to make art. Though I can’t imagine that this technology is affordable or user friendly yet.
5 comments:
3D Printing pens have been around for a while, but I have yet to actually see one that has actually got everything right. The difficulty with a 3D pen is that the smaller and more easily handled the pen is, the closer the heating element is to your hand, which some people have said is an issue with the smaller LIX pen that was developed a while ago. That pen actually had videos of people using it, so one could see how the plastic behaved when it came out of the pen. In this version, I would be worried about how viscous the plastic coming out of the pen is. If it's like drawing mid-air with hot glue, that would be horrible!
I do really like what they have created. It does sag a little bit under it's own weight, but I would be interested to see how big they could get it without the use of the acrylic rod. Is the material strong enough (and the users accurate enough) to draw a structure midair and have it work? In small enough segments and with enough layers, could it be used to create something as structural as a chair?
This pen is AMAZING. I don’t fully understand how it workd, but you can write in mid-air and have the “ink” just stand. I don’t get how the computer aids the drawer to make more precise lines because you still have to have a really steady hand. I wonder if they computer will stop the pen from printing if you get too far off target. This technology kind of reminds me of the 3d plastic soldering pen that was in an article a long time ago. It would also allow you to draw shapes using plastic to fill in gaps or make small replacement parts for things that broke. But seeing this new 3D printing pen being used for giant art installations with much better precision is amazing to see. I also really like how they see this technology as a way to bridge the gap between human and machine production and it will be really interesting to see where this goes in the future.
I've heard about 3D pens. In my mind it is comparable to a hot glue gun that just cools immediately. I think this kind of technology is really incredible. I think that this is a step in the direction of an incoming art movement. It would be incredible to see the works that artists would come up with using this tool. The only thing is, is that I don't think is it far enough developed first of all for the mass public market, but more over I don't think it ready yet for the art world. It limits the artist to a single color and in a way of creating. It is probably so expensive that if something didn't come out right that scrapping the design is an easy thing to do. I also imagine that the design would have to be a very pre planned design because of the structural integrity of the sculpture using the pen has to be done right. I really am excited to see what can be created with this kind of technology but I also think that as it is right now it is not at its full potential.
The most interesting part about this piece of art is that it is being supported by a thin strand of plastic. Obviously it is not just one single strand. It is more like million strands that work together to hold up the structure. It is so interesting to think that every single one of the thin pieces of plastic are needed to hold it up. . Whenever I look at this art I think of the straw project that is assigned freshman fall. It hard to grasp that something is so weak by itself can be so structurally sound when used the right way.
My question to the designers would be to share the challenges they faced throughout the process. 3-D pens are such a new concept; it makes me wonder how that affected the build process. Another question would be how the strands are adhered to each other? Is the hold of plastic sticking to plastic enough? It is so great to see people experiment with the new technologies of this generation to make truly stunning art pieces.
I think this is fascinating. I still don’t believe that the 3D printing pens exist as I have never seen one in person. It seems to me that this project is essentially a giant 3D printer where the operator is all three axes. I think that the term architecture is used here in a generic sense. The pictures in the article don’t look like architecture to me – buildings and the like. It looks like this is an exercise in structure rather than architecture. The uses for this certainly could include architecture and potentially the design of buildings. It could inform how buildings are build or to prototype if a building design will work or if there is sufficient structure. Although, this could have larger implications, it could just as easily just be used as a creative outlet to make art. Though I can’t imagine that this technology is affordable or user friendly yet.
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