{"product_id":"3d-printed-body-architecture-neil-leach-university-of-bath-9781119340188","title":"3D-Printed Body Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome architects dream of 3D-printing houses. Some even fantasise about 3D-printing entire cities. But what is the real potential of 3D printing for architects? This issue focuses on another strand of 3D-printing practice emerging among architects operating at a much smaller scale that is potentially more significant. Several architects have been working with the fashion industry to produce some exquisitely designed 3D-printed wearables. Other architects have been 3D-printing food, jewellery and other items at the scale of the human body. But what is the significance of this work? And how do these 3D-printed body-scale items relate to the discipline of architecture? Are they merely a distraction from the real business of the architect? Or do they point towards a new form of proto-architecture - like furniture, espresso makers and pavilions before them - that tests out architectural ideas and explores tectonic properties at a smaller scale? Or does this work constitute an entirely new arena of design? In other words, is 3D printing at the human scale to be seen as a new genre of 'body architecture'? This issue contains some of the most exciting work in this field today, and seeks to chart and analyse its significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Contributors include: Paola Antonelli\/MoMA, Francis Bitonti, Niccolo Casas, Behnaz Farahi, Madeline Gannon, Eric Goldemberg\/MONAD Studio, Kyle von Hasseln\/3D Systems Culinary Lab, Rem D Koolhaas, Julia K rner, Neil Leach, Steven Ma\/Xuberance, Neri Oxman\/MIT Media Lab, Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello, Gilles Retsin, Jessica Rosenkrantz\/Nervous System, and Patrik Schumacher\/Zaha Hadid Architects.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Neil Leach (University of Bath)","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":50526986567923,"sku":"8880003008065","price":22.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781119340188.jpg?v=1787602915","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/3d-printed-body-architecture-neil-leach-university-of-bath-9781119340188","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}