The project investigates non-planar 3D printing using cork as a base material, exploring its behavior in additive manufacturing processes beyond conventional horizontal layering. Through the development of non-linear toolpaths, it aims to leverage cork’s natural properties—lightweight, elasticity, and compressibility—to improve structural continuity, reduce interlayer weaknesses, and enable more efficient and expressive geometries.

Through a series of iterative prototypes, the project evaluates fabrication limits in terms of adhesion, geometric accuracy, critical angles, and stability during deposition. This approach allows for the optimization of technical parameters such as speed, trajectory, and orientation, while also opening new design possibilities where material, geometry, and process are deeply integrated.