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Two printed stone columns carrying a printed beam inside a brick hall with arched windows

Printing Studio

We turn your ideas into stone.

For architects and designers, from a vase to a façade. We engineer, print and finish your design with you, from the first sketch to the finished pieces.

What we offer

Everything between your idea and the finished piece

Take all of it, or only what you need.

  • STRATO, our software, cutting through a speaker shell and colouring its walls by thickness

    Design and engineering

    We make your design printable, whether a single object or a building split into elements, with joints and fixings where they are needed.

  • A member of the team working inside the stone printer in the hall

    Printing and finishing

    Every piece printed in Zürich to its final shape, then finished according to your specifications.

  • A printed stone element on a pallet, ready to leave

    Delivery and documentation

    Every piece packed and delivered, with testing, LCA, and material passaport on request.

How we work together

From your sketch to stone

We are not a printing farm. We develop every detail with you.

  1. 01

    First conversation

    You bringA sketch, drawings or a model, and where the piece will go

    We doLook at it with you and suggest a stone, a finish and an approach

    You getA feasibility check and a first quote, free of charge

  2. 02

    Design development

    You bringYour design intent and performance requirements

    We doOptimize the geometry for printing

    You getA printable model, for your approval

  3. 03

    Samples and prototype

    You bringYour choice of stone and finish

    We doPrint samples and a first piece, at full size

    You getThe real thing in your hands, before the series

  4. 04

    Production

    You bringYour go-ahead

    We doPrint, cure, finish and check every piece

    You getProgress photos, and your pieces as they are made

  5. 05

    Delivery

    You bringWhere it goes, and when

    We doPack and deliver every piece

    You getYour design in stone, with its documentation

Start with a free feasibility check →

Built together

Made with architects and designers

All applications →

Our work has been shown at

  • Venice Architecture Biennale
  • Royal Academy of Arts, London
  • Barbican, London
  • St Paul’s Cathedral, London
  • Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn
  • Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Athens
  • Marmomac, Verona

Your questions

What architects and designers ask us

Something else? Ask us directly.

Do I need a finished 3D model?

No. A sketch or drawings are enough to start. We develop the printable geometry with you, with its joints, fixings, cavities and channels.

What does it cost?

Every project is quoted from your model, and the first consultation and the quote are free. The price follows the volume of stone and the finish, not the complexity of the shape.

How long does it take?

It depends on the volume. You get a timeline with the quote, and samples come before the series.

Which files can I send?

Whatever you work in. A 3D model (Rhino, STEP, OBJ or STL) saves a step, but drawings or a sketch are fine.

Who owns the design?

You do. We print it for you, and we show pictures of it only with your permission.

Is my project confidential?

Yes. We sign a non-disclosure agreement if you need one.

Can my engineer get the data for approval?

Yes. For a building or a structural piece, we share our test results, including the independent accredited ones, and work with your engineer on the loads and the fixings.

Can you provide an LCA and the origin of the material?

Yes. Every project comes with a life cycle assessment of its elements and a record of where each one’s material came from.

Can you make a single piece, or a small edition?

Yes. With no mould to pay off, one piece costs what each piece of a series does, so a one-off or an edition of twenty makes as much sense as a hundred.

Can you make more of the same later?

Yes. The design stays a file, so a piece can be printed again, years later, without a mould to keep.

Send us your sketch.

Tell us what you want to make. The feasibility check and the first quote are free. We reply within a few working days.

How do you find the site?

This is a first version. Tell us what works, what doesn’t and what is missing.

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