Fig. 1: Engineering material properties through the design of meso-scale architecture.
From: Tough double-bouligand architected concrete enabled by robotic additive manufacturing

a Conceptual material science tetrahedron representing the interrelationships between the material’s processing, structure (microstructure and meso architecture), properties, and performance, and b Schematic of the enhanced mechanical response of architected materials conceptualized compared to monolithic counterparts.