DMLS Materials - Technical Specifications

C A S E S T U D Y
Architect Zaha Hadid
consistently pushes the
boundaries of architecture and urban
design. We produced scale models of
the Guggenheim Museum in Taichung,
Taiwan, which were delivered as an
architectural presentation to the office
of the Mayor of Taichung, to promote
the project.
Due to the complex organic forms of Zaha’s design
and the need to show an accurately presented
final design, SLS was deemed the best solution for
achieving and meeting their requirements.
To place the model in context, the laser sintered
‘building’ was merged with a CNC ‘landscape’ to
underline the synergy of the proposal.
Over 2m long, the resulting 3D model gave an
incredible visual image of the proposed building
when compared alongside the computer generated
artist’s impression, allowing the Mayor’s office to see,
touch and feel an actual tactile scale version of the
proposal.
“Dillon Lin, Project Architect for
Zaha Hadid says “The SLS piece gave
a very convincing presentation model
that the mayor of Taichung is putting
to good use in promoting the project.
When accuracy is required with complex forms, SLS proves
to be an economic process for producing models of these
forms when compared to other, more expensive options,
including making them by hand, which is extremely labour
intensive.”
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By learning you will teach; by teaching
you will learn
Latin Proverb