One particularly complex research project, a stadium that Frattari calls “Colossus,” is an excellent example of how he uses Objet’s 3D printing capabilities to push the edges of design innovation. A highly innovational computational technique that reproduces the natural behavior of life forms generated the stadium concept. Frattari devoted 210 work days to developing and modifying the concept, using Objet’s PolyJet technology in the first, intermediate and final stages of the design process. “The results were impossible to materialize without the use of Objet’s technology,” said Frattari. “I used the printer to evaluate the first and intermediate results, as only with a true model could I really understand and analyze these organic forms.
Colossus is alive!”