Where traditional “natural” design is limited to “green-washing” or mass-produced stone units, “Unearthed” embraces a wholly new technique to bridging organic and built environments. Playing with material formula, aesthetic, and transition from land to the building, “Unearthed” is a refreshing break from modern-day street frontages. Adaptive 3D printing of rock formations seamlessly mimic its surrounds – or what was once there.
“Unearthed” blends inspiration from natural elements, integrated architecture-engineering constructability, and facade innovation. Architects, engineers, and material scientists work together to create the impossible. Using the latest software and construction technologies, “Unearthed” facades leverage ground-breaking 3D print process advancements in a familiar form.
Constructing an “Unearthed” building includes analyzing setbacks in support of zoning and building codes, detailed structural studies with metal support anchors and tiebacks in foam fill, and 3D printed covers. At its heart, the project is a new form of discovery – a multi-disciplinary departure from standard notions of nature and site design.
With man and machine working in unison, “Unearthed” creates an organic aesthetic that heralds a new wave of biomorphism. Outcroppings and superstructures “carved” from rock formations balance raw utility with an interpretation that is novel, yet at once familiar. Literally unearthed on the site, the building references the very land on which it was discovered.