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Monolithic Furniture: Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing

Name: Monolithic Furniture: Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing
Price: 85.00 EUR
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Furniture Design for Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing is an intermediate workshop that teaches designers to develop computational furniture systems and translate digital concepts into fabrication-ready 3D-printed structures. Participants use Rhino, Grasshopper, and large-scale additive manufacturing workflows to apply a model, refine, print, and fabricate approach controlling continuous geometry, structural integrity, ergonomics, and material limits, finishing with a personalized furniture proposal ready for slicing and robotic toolpathing.

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Luc Morroni1 course

This course includes

Live workshop · 8 Hours
Lifetime session recordings
Certificate of completion
Rhinoceros 3D · Grasshopper 3D · Houdini
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Nov 7-8, 2026

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14:00 - 18:00 (GMT)

November 2026 · 2 live days, highlighted below

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Fri6
S1Sat7Session 1
S2Sun8Session 2
Mon9
Tue10

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Nov 7-8, 202614:00 - 18:00 (GMT)
BeginnerSkill level
50 seatsClass size
EnglishLanguage
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Shareable certificateIncluded with enrollment
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8 HoursTotal runtime
3 toolsRhinoceros 3D · Grasshopper 3D +1

About the Course

This workshop demonstrates integrated methods for leveraging computational design and large-scale additive manufacturing to translate digital furniture concepts into fabrication-ready physical structures. Participants will explore how manufacturing constraints can directly inform geometry, structure, material deposition, and ergonomic performance.

Using a sculptural, monolithic chair as the primary case study, participants will reverse-engineer and recreate its continuous geometric system. They will subsequently learn how to develop seamless, single-shell forms and evaluate them according to overhang angles, layer heights, print orientation, wall thickness, and material behavior.

Upon completing the course, attendees will gain far more than a recreation of a single furniture piece. They will develop the ability to construct and refine computational workflows for continuous furniture forms while preparing their designs for large-format additive manufacturing and robotic fabrication.

Attendees will grasp the core geometric, structural, ergonomic, and fabrication constraints driving these processes, empowering them to innovate, test, and develop custom furniture strategies tailored to their own design intentions and specific manufacturing conditions.

The objective is not merely to reproduce a pre-designed chair, but to develop the skills needed to formulate and advance manufacturing-driven computational design workflows autonomously, creating self-supporting furniture geometries that can progress toward slicing, toolpathing, and physical production.

What You Will Learn

Reverse-engineer continuous geometry from a sculptural chair case study.
Build computational workflows for continuous, single-shell furniture forms.
Shape geometry around structural and ergonomic requirements.
Design self-supporting ribs, folds, and curvatures.
Account for overhangs, wall thickness, layer heights, and print orientation.
Adapt furniture geometry to large-format additive manufacturing.
Evaluate geometry for continuous robotic printing and toolpath logic.
Develop a fabrication-ready digital furniture proposal for slicing and production.

Software & Tools Used in This Course

Rhinoceros 3D

Grasshopper 3D

Houdini

Methodology

Participants will recreate and adapt a continuous, monolithic chair developed for large-scale additive manufacturing. The project will examine how computational geometry, structural logic, ergonomics, and fabrication constraints can be integrated into a single furniture design workflow.

The project will progress through case study analysis, computational modelling, geometric refinement, fabrication assessment, and development of an individual furniture proposal.

The fabrication focus will be large-scale 3D printing. Overhang angles, wall thickness, layer height, print orientation, material behaviour, self-supporting geometry, and continuous toolpath logic will inform the design and fabrication strategy.

Students will:

Analyse and recreate the reference chair using computational design.
Develop continuous geometry with ergonomic and structural considerations.
Integrate overhang, wall thickness, layer height, and print orientation constraints.
Prepare self-supporting geometry for large-scale additive manufacturing and robotic toolpathing.
Develop and present an individual fabrication-ready furniture proposal.

Program

Day 1: Case Study & Computational Furniture Design

Introduction to large-scale additive manufacturing and the reference chair.
Analysis of its continuous geometry, structural logic, ergonomics, and fabrication principles.
Live recreation of the chair using computational design workflows.
Development of individual geometry variations with ergonomic and structural considerations.

Day 2: Fabrication Optimization & Final Proposal

Refinement of furniture geometry based on overhang, wall thickness, layer height, and print orientation.
Development of self-supporting geometry and continuous printing strategies.
Preparation of geometry for slicing and robotic toolpathing.
Final development, presentation, and review of individual furniture proposals.

Course Curriculum

8 Hours

Curriculum will be published soon.

Instructors

Instructor

Luc Morroni

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Luc Morroni is a computational designer and the founder of MORRONI and of MUNGENAST / MORRONI, a Munich-based computational design studio and office for 3D printed architecture. His work centres on Design for Additive Manufacturing and large-scale 3D printing, from furniture and architecture made of recycled materials to industrial products. Luc Morroni works towards closing the "Digital Chain" from design to fabrication, from computational design to custom toolpath and G-code generation. Luc holds a Master's degree in architecture from TU Munich, with a focus on Integrated Building Technologies, and studied at Université Laval Québec. He previously worked for architectural practices including Henn and Steinmetzdemeyer and was a research associate at TU Munich, developing 3D printed building envelopes. Since 2018 he has been teaching workshops on computational design with Grasshopper and Houdini.

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Details to know

Details to know

About the Course

What You Will Learn

Software & Tools Used in This Course

Methodology

Program

Course Curriculum

Instructors

Luc Morroni

Instructor's Selected Works

Earn Your Certificate

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