UC Berkeleyarchitecture professor and 2025 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award recipient Ronald Rael is one of the artists taking part in this years Desert X exhibition with an installation showcasing the power of raw earth materials and their eventual use in promoting sustainable building practices in Los Angeles.In a recent preview of the 3D printed installation with Archinect, Rael, whose San Francisco-based studio practiceEmergingObjectsspecializesin 3D printing architecture using additive manufacturing, talked about its implications and its intentions to change contemporary narratives surrounding its scalability, abundance, and the potential it has to architects as a building product.Rael and fellow Rael San Fratello co-founder Virginia San Fratello are known for their past installation work at the U.S.-Mexico border, which won the Design Museum'sBeazley Design of the Year award in 2020.Photo courtesy Lance GerberWhat is the basis for this work beyond its ability t...