Digital Building Technologies · Institute of Technology in Architecture · Department of Architecture

Electrical Skin

2017

A robotically 3D printed free-form facade panel whose form and integrated lighting are fabricated in a single process.

“Electrical Skin” is a robotically 3D printed free-form façade-panel with integrated lighting. For the first time in architecture, not only the complex form, but also the electric infrastructure are fabricated in a single process. This project showcases how leaps in computation and digital fabrication can revolutionize architectural components.