Artificial Reefs
The Great Barrier Reef has lost half of its coral. Still the global demand placed for recreational and commercial fisheries is increasing unrelentlessly. The urgency to build artificial reefs is increasing.
Artificial reefs are typically made using precast concrete, however traditional moulding systems are unable to reproduce the complexity and diversity of natural reefs.
In a world first, anD-Shape 3D printer has been used to produce coral reefs and this new technique is a major step forward in the creation and restoration of reefs.