01 / Challenge
Challenge
Eighteen corbels on a heritage facade had eroded past repair. One surviving example held enough detail to reconstruct from, and it could not leave the site.
Reverse Engineering and Restoration — 2026
Heritage Facade Restoration
A damaged century-old plaster corbel measured, rebuilt in CAD and reprinted as a casting master for eighteen replacements.
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Preparing 3D view
Loading geometry and materials.
- Project
- Heritage Facade Restoration
- Material
- RESIN
- Technology
- SLA
- Print Time
- 14 hours
- Layer Height
- 0.05 mm
- Weight
- 380 g
- Dimensions
- 220 x 160 x 180 mm
- Industry
- Architecture
02 / Design
Design
The surviving corbel was photogrammetry-scanned on site, cleaned into a watertight mesh, and the eroded regions rebuilt by mirroring intact detail from the opposite face.
03 / Printing Process
Printing Process
Printed in resin at 0.05 mm as a casting master, then finished by hand before the mould was taken. Plaster copies were cast from the resulting silicone mould.
04 / Final Result
Final Result
Eighteen replacements cast from one print. The conservation architect signed off the profile against period photographs on the first review.
Gallery
Through the build
Four moments from the job, in the order they happened.
- 01
Original corbel, eroded - 02
Reconstructed mesh in CAD - 03
Resin master, finished - 04
Cast replacements on site
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