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• Rotterdam Studio Covers Dutch Transformer Station in 322 Custom 3D Printed Ceramic Tiles July 1
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A transformer station in Beverwijk, Netherlands now has an 8-by-5-meter ceramic artwork on its facade, made up of 322 individually designed tiles that were robotically printed at Studio RAP’s workshop in Rotterdam. The client is TenneT, the Dutch grid operator that owns the station. Powerhouse Company designed the building itself; Studio RAP was brought in separately to create the installation.
Every tile is unique. Studio RAP’s founders, Lucas ter Hall and Wessel van Beerendonk, used computational design tools and algorithms to convert electromagnetic field geometries from inside the transformer station into physical ceramic forms. The result is a surface of sweeping curves, spirals, and layered relief textures across the full face of the installation.
Production used robotic clay-print