Dr. Rupert Soar is a pioneer in digital manufacturing and digital practice for the architectural and construction industry. He specialises in automated and freeform fabrication processes commonly known as 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Manufacturing, Automated Construction, Sustainable Architecture and Freeform Construction. Rupert advises architects and the construction industry internationally on digitally driven freeform construction and freeform fabrication methods.

Through work with architectural practices such as Foster & Partners and Buro Happold, and with companies such as Saint-Gobain Plc (formerly BPB Plc), Zublin AG, Dragados and Uponor, Rupert has identified specific digital design and prototyping requirements which sets the architectural and construction industry apart from their cousins in automotive, consumer goods and aerospace design industries. Rupert's company, Freeform Construction Ltd, sit at the forefront of this emergent technology and is able to assist with, and identify, these requirements on all levels. Freeform Construction Ltd draws together expertise in materials, chemistry, process engineering, architecture, urban planning, digital design and modelling through its core products of MineralStone™, MineralJet™, MineralSkin™ and Impedance Ventilation.

Rupert also provides services to both commercial and academic architecture in the form of research and development, consultancy, training, lectures and advice on the procurement of equipment for the fabrication of prototypes and physical parts. For more information about his work and how he can assist you, feel free to browse this site, www.freeformconstruction.co.uk, or to contact him.