EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL AND BUILDING DESIGN IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION WITH ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Building production with additive manufacturing techniques increase. This technique accelerated building construction works. Building production with additive manufacturing techniques increase. This technique accelerated building construction works. Building construction using additive manufacturing techniques draws attention because it requires less skilled labor, can be built in a shorter time, reduces costs, and contributes to sustainability. On the other, this technique enables the on-site production of buildings and the construction of complex building designs. This study aims to investigate the effect of using sustainable materials on building energy consumption in constructing complex-designed buildings. The effect of using geopolymer, a sustainable material, on building energy performance in square and free-form buildings was investigated. Additionally, the buildings in these forms were modelled with single-layer and double-layer walls, and the impact of layers on energy consumption was examined. On the other side, the effects of building forms in different directions were also examined. In the study, the effects of different scenarios were examined using the building energy simulation program. As a result of the study, it was determined that the building form was effective in the energy consumption of the building. It was also found that in the free-form building, the exterior wall orientation affected the building energy consumption. When the exterior walls of buildings of the same form and orientation were made double-layer instead of single-layer, a 60% decrease in heating energy consumption and a 12% decrease in cooling energy consumption was observed. The study is important in terms of the relationship between free building form and energy consumption.