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In the world of modern design and innovation, something incredible is taking shape – quite literally. Architects, urban planners, and interior designers pushing the boundaries by utilizing 3D printing. It's transforming entire industries. From crafting architectural marvels to redefining urban spaces and revolutionizing interior design, 3D printing is giving professionals the tools to turn imagination into reality in ways we've never seen before.
Make Architects: Transforming the model shop with 3D printing
Award winning architecture practice Make uses 3D printing for large feasibility studies. With Ultimaker they saw a 90% time and cost saving but the real benefit for them was a "workshop" way of working.
Renderlabs x Mosaic Manufacturing
Renderlabs helps their real estate developer customers generate and close sales leads with a modern approach: 3D printed display models. The Mosaic Palette 2 allowed them to take their business to the next level by offering their customers rich, four colour models without having to change their process.
Architectural Model Making with the Mayku FormBox
The Mayku Formbox Desktop Vacuumn Former works with your 3D printing to bring your architectural models to life. 3D printed base shapes can be vacuum formed to imitate glass or make molds for duplicating parts.
Aranda\Lasch and Formlabs Bring the World's Largest Lens to Times Square
Formlabs offers clear parts, high detail and unique geometries. Formlabs' high detail parts allow you to test concepts at scale and bring your designs to life with little finishing nor additional steps.
3D Printing Scale Architecture Models: Insights From Laney LA
When he joined Los Angeles design firm Laney LA, architect Paul Choi knew he wanted to introduce the firm to 3D printing. Laney LA wasn't regularly using physical models, but today, they're constantly producing models to test ideas, communicate with clients, and make decisions.
“If we weren’t using a 3D printer, we would feel compelled to spend more time visualizing designs through renderings and drawings. The ability to have a physical model of a complicated design straight from a 3D model in CAD gives us multiple impactful images in less time.”
- Paul Choi, Architect, Laney LA
3D printing is already being used by businesses to get ahead, don't get left behind.
Use the unique properties of filaments to demonstrate material properties, like marble countertops or flexible details.
See the visual impact your building makes with an accurate, scale model or see the full story with an architectural diorama.
From concept models to functional prototypes.
Industrial-grade components and smart features deliver a safe and reliable pressure forming process that allows you to focus on the perfect output for your application.
Architectural dioramas allow you to demonstrate designs to your customers and concepts to your building partners.
Create stunning visual aides, done in-house with less labour, time and costs.
Work in tandem with traditional models by adding unique details that would be costly and labour intensive to do by hand. Work internally and print your entire CAD models to create a strong, accurate visual model that can be updated with cleint feedback. 3D printing opens the doors to many creative uses. There are also benefits that decision makers want: reduced costs, reduced iteration time and, through Shop3D, dedicated training and support.
| Part | External Suppliers | Ultimaker 3D Printers | |||||||
| Iterations/Model | Cost/Model | Iterations/Model | Cost/Model | ||||||
| MATT Architecture | Cityscape models | 1-2 | £400 | 3-4 | £15 | ||||
| Cost Per Part | Time per part | Cost Per Part | Time Per Part | ||||||
| Make Architects | Model Production | £80 | 24 Hours | £1 | 3-5 hours | ||||
MATT Architecture CityscapeCityscape models | |
| Extenal Suppliers | |
| ITERATIONS/MODEL | COST/MODEL |
| 1-2 | £400 |
| Ultimaker 3D Printers | |
| ITERATIONS/MODEL | COST/MODEL |
| 3-4 | £15 |
Make ArchitectsModel Production | |
| Extenal Suppliers | |
| COST PER PART | TIME PER PART |
| £80 | 24 Hours |
| Ultimaker 3D Printers | |
| COST PER PART | TIME PER PART |
| £1 | 3-5 hours |
"Ultimaker 3D printers haven’t just sped up model production and saved costs. By automating the production of additional context models, they allow our model-makers to focus more creative attention on the site’s actual design."
- Paul Miles, Modelshop Manager, Make Architects
Shop3D.ca is you one-stop solution for FFF, SLA, and SLS 3D printing, vacuum forming, laser cutting, 3D scanning and more. We have everything your you need to dive into additive manufacturing.
Our expert staff have countless hours working with the 3D printers and products we carry. Consultations, training and after-purchase support, our team is ready to provide technical advice so you can focus on creating.
We proudly offer a comprehensive selection of industry-leading 3D printing brands. Our highly curated product lines are tested in-house to ensure that Canadians have access to products that are reliable, reputable and backed by our technical team.
