when i came to pratt institute i don't think my parents would neverexpect me to come home with anything other than the traditional building and so when i come home with an icebuilding they were kind of.. my name is andrew reitz. i study at thepratt institute school of architecture.
3d printing for architectural models, i'm leland jobson. andrew and ideveloped a half iceberg, half a hot spring resort. i'm proud to say thatleland and i are definitely the first students to use something that simulatesice as a building material.
the way me and andrew were able to bemore confident in pursuing this crazy project washaving a way to build it and that's where the replicator played abig role. when i first started using the makerbot i started rethinking allthe projects i've ever created and i realized why didn't i have this sooner? i wish i had this sooner! when making models, makingthem by hand, i feel like you're limited to the ability of your own hand
but when you're digitally crafting something there's a one to one translation that the makerbot allows you to succeed at. and i think for me, the first time i ever 3dprinted and seeing that there was this perfect model, it was amazing and i realized that i had to use this thefollowing semester. after we send a print, you're supposed to just look at it for a minute to make sure that it's going to work out but we usually stare at it for 5-10minutes. just something that you came up with
being built up verticallyand just magically appearing, that's the best part.
ten years from nowi can imagine every student having their own 3d printer. basically every single student is goingto have their own workshop that fits on their studio and that's all the things that they'll ever need.
