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3D Printing and AI Create Sustainable Bathing Prototype for 2050

Designer Ross Stevens' project, Sustainable Decadence v2.0, explores how 3D printing, AI, and reused industrial objects can create a bathing environment with reduced environmental impact, serving as a prototype for future architecture.

The project integrates discarded items like an industrial jam vat and a mis-measured window with large-scale 3D printing to connect existing objects with new architectural elements.

AI is considered as a collaborator for identifying reuse opportunities, translating designs, and generating CAD files. The focus is on enhancing everyday rituals like bathing while minimizing resource consumption.

Discarded components, including a stainless-steel jam vat, form the project's basis. The vat serves as the central element, with 3D-printed stairs, balustrades, and roof components designed to fit its form.

A large 3D-printed pivoting roof offers protection and insulation, allowing the bathing space to transition between indoor and outdoor conditions.

Custom 3D-printed stairs and balustrades follow the curved shape of the stainless-steel vat, demonstrating how digital fabrication can bridge existing and new elements.

The project tests the durability and functionality of 3D-printed components in a demanding exterior bath environment.

Sustainable Decadence v2.0 investigates the potential of 3D printing for adaptable architectural reuse and the role of AI in future building systems.

AI-samenvatting op basis van de bron.