3D Printed House
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The two modules of the low-carbon prototype – called Tecla – were printed from a mix of locally-sourced clay, soil, water and other materials by two large synchronized arms, Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eco-sustainable_3D_printed_house_%22Tecla%22.jpg (Attribution: Drone views: Italdron, Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/deed.en, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
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Since our previous post on First 3D Printed House In Florida, there had been much interests from our readers regarding the progress made in 3D printed house industry, so allow me to share some of the progress being made, in the videos, below:
Today we are taking a look inside ICON’s new luxury 3D printed house, in the video published on April 9, 2022, by Shelby Church, as “Inside A 3D Printed House You’ll ACTUALLY Want To Olive In“, below:
It’s time to cut through the 3D Printed Concrete BS! This trending construction technique is littered with fake news and hyperbole and a lack of critique. In this video, we’re going to analyze the claims made not from a pessimistic point of view, but a realistic one, in the video published on Jul 9, 2021, by Belinda Carr, as “Exposing 5 LIES about 3D Printed Concrete Homes“, below:
Thanks to new extra-large 3D printers, it’s now possible to print a house with a machine that extrudes a material – usually concrete/cement or a polymer, but more lately even earth – in an entirely additive process so there is exponentially less waste in construction. Mighty Buildings can print a home in just 24 hours in their Oakland, CA factory using a thermoset polymer composite that is cured with a UV light (on the printer head). The process is fast enough for the material to support its own weight allowing for organic shapes but slow enough that there is cohesion between layers. The company stayed in stealth mode while working through the regulatory challenges of such a novel technology. “The reality is the building codes are written in blood,” explains Mighty Building’s co-founder Sam Ruben, “and we want to make sure that we’re actually getting ahead of that because we don’t want 3D printing to get in the codes only when something goes wrong. So that’s why we’ve moved iteratively to make it as easy as possible for building officials to say yes and allow us to begin delivering units while we continue to demonstrate and build out our portfolio.” To launch 3D printed homes with their iterative approach they began selling units with just a printed curved wall that were sized to be dropped into backyards as ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units). And now, they have begun selling kit homes so anyone can customize their own printed home. “The idea here is instead of delivering fully finished modules, we actually deliver a flat-pack panel system similar to a Sears Kit Home from the ‘20s and ‘30s, but updated for the 21st century.” Ruben calls it a “SIPS panel on steroids” because unlike a SIPS panel it can be used as an exterior cladding with a finish that acts as an air, water, vapor, and fire barrier. Mighty Buildings hasn’t tried to print everything and, instead, they are taking cues from the shipbuilding industry by buying prefab sections (like bathrooms) so they can plug and play to quickly finish units on a larger scale. They also hope others will be interested in collaborating and setting up their own Mighty factories to print more locally and rapidly. It’s another reason they’ve worked with the largest standards-making bodies to help develop their new regulations for 3D printed construction. “We helped develop the world’s first standard for 3D printed construction (UL 3401) which has been used as a basis for appendix AW in the 2021 international residential code update that means that jurisdictions that use the IRC can plug it into their local codes”. in the video published on Sep 19, 2021, by Kristen Dirksen, as “3D-Printed in 24h, no waste, Price to fall as builds ramp-up“, below:
After years of creating machines to 3D print rubber, recycled plastics, clay, and geopolymers, the Italian start-up WASP created a 3D-Printer capable of printing a home for the marginal cost (which, they say, leans to 0) of the dirt. In 2018, the team printed their first home in 10 days using local earth (30% clay, 40% silt, 30% sand), 40% chopped rice straw, 25% rice husk, and 10% lime. “Gaia” cost 900 euros (1,000 dollars) in materials for 30 meters of wall. The round-shaped structure relied on a wooden roof and beams for support. Three years later, WASP printed an all-earth two-domed home dubbed TECLA (Technology + Clay) using two synchronized printing arms, which were programmed to pick, mix and pump materials into layers. At their headquarters in Massa Lombarda, Italy, it took 200 hours, 7000 machine codes, and 6kw of energy to print the 350 layers of clay. WASP (World’s Advanced Saving Project) is the brainchild of father-daughter team Massimo and Francesca Moretti. Launched in 2011 when Francesca, a designer, began tinkering with early 3D printers and introduced her electronic technician father to the tech. Massimo, inspired by nature – and specifically the mason wasp which builds its own nest with material recovered from the surrounding environment – began designing a 3D printer capable of building houses with local, natural materials “at a cost tending to zero”. In late 2021, WASP worked with fashion house Dior to print a pop-up store in Dubai covered in their signature Cannage motif (3D printed using clay, sand, and raw fibers). The same year, they used the Crane 3D printer to create the “livable sculpture” titled “House of Dust”; it took 50 hours of 3D printing, 500 G-codes, 165 15mm-layers, 15 kilometers of extrusion, and eight cubic meters of material to print the 16-square-meter habitable structure in Wiesbaden, Germany, in the video published on Dec 26, 2021, by Kirsten Dirksen, as “Wasp 3D-prints eco-homes from local raw earth for $1k“, below:
September 2022 will mark the completion of the first permitted multi-residential units in North America constructed through 3D printing technology. Phase 1 of our project was completed, over the winter, in the University of Windsor Structural Testing Lab (the largest in Canada). The printer used for the laboratory research was a robotic arm style printer. Habitat for Humanity Windsor-Essex volunteers have assisted throughout the project, a unique and innovative opportunity to be involved in the first construction of this type and one of the traditional aspects of this very non-traditional project. Our mission is to mobilize volunteers and community partners in building affordable housing and promoting home ownership as a means to breaking the cycle of poverty. We are excited to share this video which provides an overview of the 3D process, in the video published on Aug 28, 2022, by Habitat For Humanity Windsor-Essex, as “Habitat for Humanity Windsor-Essex – 3D Printed Construction Explained“, below:
3D Printed by PERI with a COBOD printer, designed by Mense Korte. Construction technology is the future, it is the only industry that hasn’t become completely unrecognizable from the pre tech past. The partners involved in the construction of this building have pushed the industry forward going where no one has gone before. Innovation is part of the human condition, as a species we need people to tread into unknown territory and experiment with things that had only before been hypothesized, in the video published on Dec 10, 2021, by Jarett Gross, as “Move In Ready 3D Printed House in Germany“, below:
This industry is really starting to pick up the pace! With more projects than ever underway, the 3D printed construction industry is nearing a boiling point. In this video we look back through many printed homes I visited this year and a couple I didn’t get the chance to but all of them bring something unique to the table. Some of these projects were even completed by course members & Automation Nation members! Check those resources out in the links below, in the video published on Dec 29, 2022, by Jarett Gross, as “TOP 10 3D PRINTED HOUSES FROM 2022!!!“, below:
WASP 3D is an ambitious startup aiming to change the world with 3D printing by providing housing at null cost to the people. Using materials they gather from the ground under their feet, wasp is able to build with less emissions than virtually any other technique and cheaper too, if you’re willing to reside in a clay domicile, in the video published on Mar 8, 2021, by Jarett Gross, as “$0 HOUSE | How One Startup Aims To Produce Homes at Null Cost“, below:
In this video we go through numerous house tours and home tours of luxury real estate that has been crafted entirely out of amazing 3D technology – the futuristic constructions are modern sleek houses with beautiful interior design. Could this be the future of real estate? In the video published on April 30, 2020, by Futurology, as “LUXURY Houses made ENTIRELY from 3D PRINTER|WATCH NOW“, below:
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