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Striatus is an arched, unreinforced masonry footbridge composed of 3D-printed concrete blocks assembled without mortar. Exhibited at the Giardini della Marinaressa during the Venice Architecture Biennale until November 2021, the 16x12-metre footbridge is the first of its kind, combining traditional techniques of master builders with advanced comput...
Project name
Striatus
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects Computation and Design Group (ZHACODE), Block Research Group (BRG) at ETH Zurich, incremental3D, Holcim
Location
Giardino della Marinaressa, Venice, Italy
Length
3D-printing path lengths (per block) = 602 m - 1754 m
The original design is from Zaha Hadid Architects, Wais Arman remodel this building as a practice to explore the free form surfaces and form-finding methods. He choses this building because of its complex design and futuristic, wavy shape which reminds me to motion and water fluidity. 
Project name
Jesolo Magica - Fluidity 2.0
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects
Location
Jesolo, Italy
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3dsMax, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop