High-Performance 3D Printed Façade With Integrated Energy

Abstract

AMIE (Additive Manufacturing and Integrated Energy) was a collaboration to 3d print a building enclosure prototype that was designed and built to showcase the capabilities of additive manufacturing and its application in high-performance buildings facades. The design integrates low-cost vacuum insulated panels that are sandwiched between two layers of a 3D printed shell. The structure was 3D printed using the Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) technology. AMIE incorporates next-generation modified atmosphere insulation panels, self-shading windows, and the ability to produce, store and share solar power with a paired hybrid vehicle in an effort to reduce or eliminate reliability on the power grid. It establishes for the first time, a platform for investigating solutions integrating the energy systems in buildings, vehicles, and the power grid. This paper is intended to outline our methodology in successfully designing for these innovative strategies, with a focus on the use of computational design tools as a catalyst for design optimization, integrated project delivery, rapid prototyping, and fabrication of building elements using additive manufacturing. Future work is proposed that plans to develop component and system models from the innovative strategies applied on AMIE for use in a wider range of system design applications.

Keywords: AMIE, 3d Printing, BAAM, Vacuum Insulated Panels, Dynamic Facades, Co-simulation.