Office of the Future

Location of Project - City:

Dubai

Location of Project - Country:

United Arab Emirates

e.construct Services:

Special Services

Structural Design

Office of the Future

Location of Project - City:

Dubai

Location of Project - Country:

United Arab Emirates

e.construct Services:

Special Services

Structural Design

The Office of the future is the worlds first fully functional office built using 3D printed concrete elements. It currently serves as a temporary office building for the Dubai Future Foundation during the construction of the Museum of the Future. The office consists of 17 “cassettes” that were printed using a 20 foot tall 3D concrete printer in China. Once shipped to Dubai the cassettes were assembled and erected on site in just a few days.

Scope of Work:

e.construct provided structural engineering development, completing performance based design. In addition to being the architect of record, e.construct also managed construction work on site.

Owner:

Dubai Future Foundation

Clients:

Dubai Future Foundation

Consultants:

Architect: Gensler

Architect: Killa

Contractors:

China Construction / Winsun Global

Special Feature:

The superstructure was 3D printed while the substructure was conventional cast-in-place concrete. Due to 3d printer and shipping limitations the top and bottom portions of each cassette were divided. Each U shaped piece had a maximum length, height, and width of 8.9m, 1.9m, and 2.1m, respectively.

Special Feature of e.construct Service:

In absence of design codes for 3D-printed structures, the design was performance-based. The actual prints were fully tested to a design load equivalent, the final design was then adjusted based on the actual print strength, serviceability capacity and behavior.

Project Type:

Special Project

SIZE OF PROJECT:

250 m²

Year of Completion:

2016

Construction Photos