# Monolithic Furniture: Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing

> 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…

## At a glance

- Format: On-demand course
- Price: €85.00 (list €100.00)
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Duration: 8 Hours
- Schedule: Nov 7-8, 2026
- Instructors: Luc Morroni
- Categories: 3D-Printing, Fabrication
- Software: Houdini, Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper 3D
- Students: 17
- Rating: 5.0 / 5
- Canonical: https://paacademy.com/course/monolithic-furniture-large-scale-additive-manufacturing
- Enroll: https://paacademy.com/course/monolithic-furniture-large-scale-additive-manufacturing

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## About this course

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!

## What you'll learn

- 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.

## Methodology

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.

## Curriculum

### Section 1
- Introduction & PAACADEMY Updates (06:55)
- Introduction to Monolithic Furniture (55:00)
- Getting Started with Houdini (37:40)
- Exploring Procedural Geometry: Sweeps, Patterns & Extrusions (48:26)
- Creating Complex Surfaces Through Attribute Noise (30:50)
- From Surface to Geometry (48:16)

### Section 2
- Parametric Furniture Design: Ergonomics, Patterns & Fabrication (51:18)
- Ergonomics, Seating Design & Toolpath Generation (50:18)
- From 2D Contours to 3D Geometry (21:49)
- Overhang Analysis, Surface Connections & Toolpath Generation (48:06)
- Creating, Visualizing & Exporting 3D Printing Toolpaths (54:54)

## FAQ

### 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.