Digital Grotesque . Printing Architecture

Architects Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenburger present Digital Grotesque, a room-sized, intricately detailed grotto designed by algorithms and 3D printed entirely from sand.

Mesmerising detail from the first human-scale room entirely 3D printed in sand.

Digital Grotesque is the first fully immersive, solid, human-scale, enclosed structure that is entirely 3D printed out of sand. This structure, measuring 16 square meters, is materialized with details at the threshold of

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