Timo Harboe

Site Planning Software for Concrete Print

INSTATIQ prints concrete walls on site. We built a Rhino plugin to help its team plan robot placement and organise each site.

2026
Building model and printing robots with coloured analysis results in Rhino.

Overview

Challenge

Planning prints relied on time-consuming manual checks and scattered tools.

What We Built

One tool for planning robot locations and dividing projects into printable sections, with model checks built in.

The Work

The work grew from Grasshopper prototypes into a complete plugin, built from scratch. Project setup and model management bring the team’s separate tools into one place.

Background model checks show where robots can be placed and what they can reach, helping the team compare site layouts.

Results

  • Less time spent preparing each design.
  • Lower risk of mistakes.
  • Easier comparison of options, helping the team plan better and use fewer resources.
3D concrete printing at INSTATIQ

Gallery

Printing equipment and workers among 3D-printed concrete walls on a construction site.
3D concrete printing on site. Photo: INSTATIQ.
Building model and printing robots with coloured analysis results in Rhino.
Robot location suggestions and robot reach visualized in a Rhino model.
The planning tool in use in Rhino.
Top view of two building models, robot locations, and coloured analysis results.
Top view showing where robots can be placed around the buildings.
Printing equipment and workers among 3D-printed concrete walls on a construction site.
3D concrete printing on site. Photo: INSTATIQ.
The planning tool in use in Rhino.
Top view of two building models, robot locations, and coloured analysis results.
Top view showing where robots can be placed around the buildings.
Building model and printing robots with coloured analysis results in Rhino.
Robot location suggestions and robot reach visualized in a Rhino model.