Fallingwater lives to see its 3D printed version

12th June 2015

ZMorph

Siobhan O'Gorman

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Fallingwater, the one-of-a-kind house designed by America’s most famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, has lived to see its spectacular 3D printed version. The residence was created with three different techniques: CNC milling, laser engraving and 3D printing. It took only two weeks to complete the project using the ZMorph all-in-one Personal Fabricator and the latest version of the voxel-based software, Voxelizer.

Fallingwater is one of the most iconic designs of the 20th century. Built over a waterfall, it often serves as an example of innovative architecture. As creativity is one of the elements 3D printing designers look for, ZMorph’s enthusiasts decided to bring the house to life.

The project was carried out with the Personal Fabricator ZMorph 2.0 S. The system of exchangeable toolheads allowed the designers to apply different techniques of fabrication: CNC milling, laser engraving and 3D printing, which resulted with a more accurate mockup. The upgraded version of ZMorph’s dedicated software, Voxelizer 1.3.0, enabled the project to be completed in such a short period of time by controlling the process of multimaterial fabrication.

“As can be expected, a project of this size and complexity was a great challenge for the designers, but honestly speaking, the results exceeded our expectations. It is worth mentioning that it takes around two months to build such an object with traditional techniques. With the Personal Fabricator ZMorph 2.0 S, the model was produced within two weeks. The latest version of Voxelizer made this possible," said Przemek Jaworski, CEO and Founder, ZMorph.