What level of experience is required to participate?

Basic experience with 3D modeling and computational design is recommended. Familiarity with Houdini will help participants follow the workflow effectively.

How does large-scale 3D printing influence the design process?

The fabrication method directly informs the geometry. Participants will consider overhangs, wall thickness, layer height, print orientation, and material behavior throughout the design process.

Will the workshop cover the development of a complete furniture model?

Yes. Participants will recreate the reference chair and progressively develop their own variation using the computational and fabrication principles introduced during the workshop.

How is computational design applied specifically to furniture fabrication?

The workshop focuses on using parametric workflows to control continuous geometry, structural performance, ergonomics, and fabrication constraints within a single design system.

What will participants be able to produce by the end of the workshop?

Participants will develop a fabrication-oriented digital furniture proposal with geometry suitable for further slicing, robotic toolpath development, and large-scale additive manufacturing.

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Monolithic Furniture: Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing

Name: Monolithic Furniture: Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing
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Transform your concepts into fabrication-ready geometry in Monolithic Furniture, an intermediate 2-day Houdini workshop. Balance ergonomics and structural constraints to prepare your custom designs for continuous robotic toolpathing. Enroll now!

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Welcome to Monolithic Furniture: Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing, an intermediate 2-day workshop led by computational designer Luc Morroni. This course bridges the gap between digital ideation and physical production, teaching you how to develop complex, procedural furniture systems using Houdini. Throughout the sessions, you will explore how large-format 3D printing constraints, such as overhang angles, wall thickness, and material deposition, directly inform the structural logic and ergonomics of your designs.

Over our two days together, you will progress from a guided case-study analysis to a fully realized digital prototype. After learning to rebuild a chair procedurally, you will develop your own geometry variations featuring adaptive, self-supporting surface patterns. By the end of the workshop, you will walk away with an individualized, fabrication-ready furniture proposal that is fully optimized for continuous robotic toolpath generation and large-scale additive manufacturing.

Analyse and rebuild a chair as a procedural model in Houdini.
Build computational design workflows for complex furniture design.
Shape geometry around structural and ergonomic requirements.
Design surface patterns and adaptive transitions that stay self-supporting.
Account for overhangs, wall thickness 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 toolpath generation and production.

Houdini

Rhinoceros 3D

Grasshopper 3D

How the 2 days are spent, session by session.

Day 1 Program

Saturday · Nov 7, 2026

Case Study & Computational Furniture Design

Introduction to Large-Scale AM: Review reference projects and explore the transition from design to physical production.
Houdini Workflows: Showcase and analyze established procedural setups.
Procedural Rebuilding: Follow a guided rebuild of a chair. Every participant will finish Day 1 with a working procedural setup.
Design Ideation: Develop individual geometry variations governed by ergonomic constraints and production limits.

Day 2 Program

Sunday · Nov 8, 2026

Fabrication, Design Optimization & Final Proposal

Geometric Refinement: Enhance your furniture geometry using surface patterns and adaptive transitions.
Production Optimization: Adjust and optimize designs based on overhangs, wall thickness, and print orientation.
Robotic Toolpathing: Prepare geometry for continuous robotic toolpath generation (including slicing and G-code output demonstrations, time permitting).
Final Review: Develop, present, and review your individual fabrication-ready furniture proposal.

Participants will design a chair specifically optimized for large-scale additive manufacturing. The process examines how computational geometry, structural logic, and ergonomics must be directly integrated with real-world fabrication constraints.

The project progresses systematically through case study analysis, computational modeling, geometric refinement, and fabrication assessment. Crucially, your design strategy will be driven by the physical realities of 3D printing: overhang angles, wall thickness, layer height, print orientation, material behavior, self-supporting geometry, and continuous toolpath logic.

11 Lessons7h 34m

Instructor

Luc Morroni

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Luc Morroni is a Munich-based computational designer from Luxembourg, exploring the frontiers of digital fabrication across diverse industries. He is the founder of Morroni, a multidisciplinary computational design studio, and Mungenast / Morroni, which specializes in 3D-printed architecture. His visionary work spans the architecture, automotive, medical, and consumer sectors. Ranging from fine micro-lattice structures to large-scale 3D-printed façades and public pavilions, his practice seamlessly bridges advanced algorithmic computation with high-performance physical execution.

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Nov 7-8, 202611 lessonsBeginner

3D-Printing✦ Recently AddedFREE with Full AccessWorkshopNov 7-8, 2026Beginner11 lessons7h 34mComputational Design Procedural Modeling Robotic Fabrication

Monolithic Furniture: Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing

Learn from Luc Morroni

Instructor

Luc Morroni1 course

Analyse and rebuild a chair as a procedural model in Houdini.
Build computational design workflows for complex furniture design.
Shape geometry around structural and ergonomic requirements.
Design surface patterns and adaptive transitions that stay self-supporting.
Account for overhangs, wall thickness 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 toolpath generation and production.

Houdini

Rhinoceros 3D

Grasshopper 3D

How the 2 days are spent, session by session.