Green Wall

The Green Wall is a prototype of a bearing wall made of 3D printed stone ashlars. Blocks are structured to have interlocking joints, so that the structure can be more stable. The particular geometric configuration creates a tridimensional pattern on the wall surface, that not only works as a decoration, but il has an overhang sufficient to obtain cavities. These holes can be used as pots to host vegetation, with the possibility of creating green bearing facades. Moreover, the entire structural system can be declined differently for marine applications: as a matter of fact, if placed underwater, it can work as an artificial coral reefs. The use of 3D printing is justified by the geometry of the ashlars: the designed cavities would have been difficult to be realized with subtractive manufacturing and they would have produced more material waste, while the use of binder jetting 3D printing helps optimize the fabrication process.