3D打印机打造不同花纹的水磨石地板
Robotic 3D printers create terrazzo floors in any pattern

由专筑网缕夕，李韧编译

荷兰一家公司已经开发出用于地板的3D打印技术，可以打造出不同的颜色和图案层次。

Aectual使用3D打印机为可持续地板创建框架，并为其添加水磨石纹理。

A Dutch company has developed technology for 3D printing floors in an endless variety of colours and patterns.
Aectual uses huge robotic 3D printers to create the framework for its sustainable floors, which it infills with terrazzo.

因此，这些地板可以根据所需空间的形状和大小进行特别定制，其纹理也五花八门，既可以是传统图形，也可以是现代图案。

Aectual首席执行官Hans Vermeulen表示：“我们可以为酒店大堂或零售品牌创建自己的设计。这给了设计师非常自由完整的设计空间。”

As a result, these floors can be customised to fit spaces of any shape and size, and can be created in all kinds of designs – from traditional patterns to custom motifs.
"We make it possible to create your own design for spectacular floors in, for example, a hotel lobby, or for a striking retail brand," said Hans Vermeulen, CEO of Aectual. "This gives designers complete design freedom."

DUS Architects工作室大有名气，合伙人分别是Vermeulen、Hedwig Heinsman以及Martine de Wit，这个建筑工作室甚至在荷兰首都设计建造了一个3D打印的运河房屋。

三人合作成立一家商业公司Aectual，专门从事3D打印建筑产品的工作。

该工作室曾经与Arup工程公司进行合作，去年他们在东京百货公司的阁楼内创建了他们的第一款3D打印地板，现在正在为阿姆斯特丹重新修建的史基浦机场（Schiphol Airport）设计另一款3D打印作品。

Vermeulen and his Aectual co-founders Hedwig Heinsman and Martine de Wit are better known as the partners of DUS Architects – the architecture studio working to create a 3D-printed canal house in the Dutch capital.
The trio launched Aectual as a commercial spin-off company, specialising in 3D-printed building products.
Working with engineering firm Arup, they created their first 3D-printed floor last year – inside Tokyo department store Loft – and are now creating another for Amsterdam's revamped Schiphol Airport.

这个过程包括使用六个可自由旋转的机器人打印出所需的图案，这意味着它可以前后、上下、左右移动。

他们用于印刷的材料是由植物制成的生物塑料，完全可回收利用。

一旦印刷完成，框架就被运送到最终目的地。这种尺寸仅有几厘米高的模具，配合使用由再生花岗岩或大理石碎片制成的水磨石和生物基粘合剂。
混合物凝固后，最后一步就是抛光。

The process involves printing out the desired pattern using a robot with six degrees of freedom – meaning it can move forwards and backwards, up and down, and left and right.
The material they use for printing is a bio-plastic made from plants, which is fully recyclable.
Once the printing is complete, the framework is transported to its final destination. This mould, which measures just a few centimetres high, is then infilled with a terrazzo made from recycled granite or marble chips, and a bio-based binding agent.
After the mixture has set, the final step is to polish it.

根据Aectual公司负责人的描述，最终的地板具有高质量和耐磨的特质。此外，由于使用可回收利用环保材料，这种地板的能源损耗几乎为零。

“我们的材料完全可回收，整个生产过程无浪费。企业的废弃物品也可以用于地板的制作，这是展示企业社会责任感的好方法。”

According to Aectual, the resulting floors are high quality and wear-resistant. Also, thanks to the use of recycled and environmentally friendly materials, the floors are intended to create little or no waste.
"Our materials are bio-based or recycled, and our production process is streamlined towards zero waste," reads the description on the company's website.
"Our flooring solution can make use of corporate waste streams, which is a great way to demonstrate corporate responsibility."

在2017年荷兰设计周10月21日至29日期间，Aectual公司在埃因霍温展示了3D打印地板。

这是在活动期间推出的几个可持续创意作品之一，此外还有一个由光合作用驱动的离网灯、由墨染制成的棉质围巾，以及由回收的瓷器制成的餐具。

Dezeen在“荷兰设计周”（Dutch Design Week）上主持了一个主题为“糟糕世界中的良好设计”的系列讲座，探讨设计师在气候变化和污染等全球问题上的所作所为。

Aectual launched its 3D-printed flooring during Dutch Design Week 2017, which took place from 21 to 29 October 2017 in Eindhoven.
It is one of several sustainable ideas unveiled during the event, along with an off-grid lamp powered by photosynthesis, cotton scarves patterned with ink made from pollution and tableware made from recycled porcelain.
Dezeen hosted a talk series at Dutch Design Weektitled Good Design for a Bad World, which looked at whether designers can make a difference on global issues such as climate change and pollution.

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