Case Study: The Jerde Partnership achieves rapid, cost-effective architectural model production with 3D Systems' ZPrinter 310 Plus

The Jerde Partnership World-class Architectural Firm uses Color Jet 3D Printing to Help Create Transcendent 'Places'

The Jerde Partnership, a Venice, CA–based architecture and urban planning firm behind projects like the Bellagio and Mall of America, needed a faster, more cost‑effective way to convey complex design visions. Traditional hand-built models required specialist modelers and time‑intensive translation of concepts into detailed drawings, slowing collaboration with clients and internal teams.

After evaluating options, Jerde adopted the ZPrinter 310 Plus, which prints directly from Autodesk 3D Studio MAX, requires no removable supports and delivers superior speed and resolution. The firm cut model production dramatically (a detailed San Diego waterfront model that would have taken a week was printed in under half a day), reduced cost and labor, enabled more complex and multiple iterations, and improved collaboration and design experimentation across projects.

The Jerde Partnership

Al Vass

Associate Vice President and Senior Project Designer