The First 3D Printed Film Studio Incorporates Smart LED Lighting

Philipp Aduatz was commissioned by The Casinos Austria and Austrian Lotteries Group to create a film studio using additive manufacturing. To accomplish this task, he collaborated with set designer Dominik Freynschlag and concrete 3D printer manufacturer incremental3d, using concrete 3D printing. They used 3D printing to create a structure with a complex and strong geometry, which provides uniform lighting throughout the space.

Philipp Aduatz has developed a rather novel and interesting strategy by incorporating 3D printing and LED lighting to expand the possibilities of interior design. The 3D printing process combined manual and automated techniques to create a wall using an innovative white cement-based mortar. This wall was constructed from 60 individual segments that were joined together by ten pieces made by from six stacked units. The corrugated segments were perfectly coupled with each other and manually screwed together in each horizontal plane, which will allow the wall to be disassembled in the future if necessary. This is all thanks to 3D concrete printing.

This hybrid materials technique integrates a concrete wall measuring 630 cm wide, 330 cm deep and 230 cm high with a main lighting system consisting of 14 LED strips inserted horizontally into prefabricated joints. The lights are controlled in RGB color space, which allows changing colors and gradients in multiple combinations.

By using LED strips of the same thickness as the print layers, the lighting technology is seamlessly integrated into the wall design. Thanks to computer-assisted control, all LED elements are connected to the studio lighting system, allowing maximum use to be made of the advantages of the technology. In addition to adding complexity to the design, the use of 3D technologies opens up new opportunities and helps to create a unique atmosphere in the project.