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Those polybrick use digital technology like three dimensional printing, and advanced shapes and different material. It is an ongoing project in the Sabin Design at Cornell Architecture. The project makes use of algorithmic design techniques to make those nonstandard ceramic bricks and then fired them into stable shapes. By using digital data to control the shaping of clays from the earth, people are able to make dynamic wall shapes and facades like this with low cost printing materials. Also this kind of brick could be highly customized and spread across the field. I found this project especially interesting because it digs into the possibility of future architectural structures and creates a brand new way to think of customized building materials. What’s more, the hollow structure of each brick gives the material more possibility in environmental aspect.

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