Archinect - Features 2024-11-23T05:46:33-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149965755/3d-printing-a-better-skeleton-for-concrete-structures-with-platt-boyd-of-branch-technology 3D-printing a better skeleton for concrete structures, with Platt Boyd of Branch Technology Aaron Willette 2016-08-30T11:45:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e5/e5i3iom9l689paro.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Platt Boyd is the Founder and CEO of Branch Technology, a start-up in Chattanooga, Tennessee that is actively pursuing the intersection of technology and construction. Their Cellular Fabrication (C-Fab) system combines industrial robotics and material science to 3D print a large-scale, optimized lattice system for concrete structures.</p><p>In order to source the design for the first full-scale application of their system, Branch recently held the <a href="http://bustler.net/competitions/latest/4282/freeform-home-design-challenge" target="_blank">Freeform Home Design Challenge</a>&mdash;the winning entry by <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/6776862/watg" target="_blank">WATG Urban Architecture Studio</a> will start production in early 2017.</p>