Amersfoort Town Hall gets 3D printed concrete bench

Amersfoort Town Hall has a new concrete bench, designed and made with a 3D concrete printer. The bench shows how digital, sustainable construction can work in public urban space.

Made in Amersfoort: a local collaboration

The project was developed by the local consortium Made in Amersfoort and initiated at De War. Local companies that contributed include:

• Heilijgers Construction
• Concrete Plant Van der Kamp
• MBO-Bouwmensen
• Polynorm
• Stadslab033

Alderman Willem-Jan Stegeman, responsible for sustainability, accepted the bench as proof of the city's commitment to sustainable innovation.

Why it matters for urban sustainability

The printed bench stands for:

• 50% less material
• 50% less CO₂
• No formwork

Printing makes complex forms possible with minimal waste. That suits custom 3D printed urban furniture such as benches, planters and public sculptures, produced locally.

From prototype to refined design: seven years of concrete printing

The Amersfoort Town Hall bench was an early milestone in Vertico's work on 3D concrete printing for urban spaces. Built with local partners and without formwork, it laid the foundation for what came next.

Seven years later, Vertico's capacity for design, detail and digital fabrication has grown considerably. The Line of Beauty and Grace bench shows that progression in material precision and sculptural form.