The world’s first 3D printed house in the making
3D printing has evolved with such great potential that you can now build houses too
In an attempt to build the first 3D printed house in the world, architects have planned its site alongside a canal in Amsterdam. If successful, the structure would be the world-s first 3D printed building.
NewsScientist reported that DUS Architects, a local firm, has already begun work on the structure this year. Curious passers-by can also witness this construction, but at a fee of 2.5 euros, which will help fund the project.
DUS is using ‘The KamerMaker’ (Dutch for ‘room maker’), which is a 3D printer, to help build the structure. The printer is installed inside a six metre high unused shipping container and functions much like a desktop 3D printer. However, instead of ink, this printer extrudes hot plastic in successive layers, one over the other. The technology has already been in use for a while now, and smaller structure such as a bench was produced.
On the building front, each room is built separately as large blocks that inter-fit together just like Lego or a jigsaw puzzle. Rooms once finished, can be stacked one on top of the other and the completed building would look like a traditional Dutch canal house.
The project would take an estimated three years to be completed and will be open to public as a design museum. 12 rooms would be dedicated to 3D-printing building design research.
Photos / video courtesy: dusarchitects.com