about this project:
the studio explored how additive manufacturing could define both building blocks and whole architecture in a mixed-use extension to the listed altes hallenbad in heidelberg. students developed concepts that combined climate strategies, spatial organization, and spi-based construction systems into coherent proposals. the focus lay on monomaterial components with integrated performance—load-bearing, insulating, shading, and joining—showing how additive manufacturing can reduce material use while enabling new structural and climatic logics. through models, prototypes, and design studies, the project opened a dialogue between historic fabric and future digital construction.