Printed House
The ‘Printable City’ was a personal project of mine to create a 3D-printed city. Having worked with clay and plastic extrusion on the Kuka robotic arms at the University of Michigan I felt inspired to rig a crane with concrete and create a city. Although I lacked the crane I designed a reproducible two-story home that could be printed by a series of tacked cranes.
The system would ideally print a home in 11 days with a short gap between to install the floor. The design was a two bed, one bath home at 1,800 SF. The capabilities of 3D printing are quickly catching up to the cost of typical construction, and with falling interest in trade schools soon we will need the automation.
The benefits of concrete printing include greater structural stability, intricate spatial design, quick construction, and more customization. Today there are few firms exploring this technology, but I believe it will soon be vital to understand this tool’s capacity to change architecture.
Here we can imagine entire communities with various forms that had previously been too costly. We could see long lasting structures that won’t deteriorate. We could see more customization in form.
The system would ideally print a home in 11 days with a short gap between to install the floor. The design was a two bed, one bath home at 1,800 SF. The capabilities of 3D printing are quickly catching up to the cost of typical construction, and with falling interest in trade schools soon we will need the automation.
The benefits of concrete printing include greater structural stability, intricate spatial design, quick construction, and more customization. Today there are few firms exploring this technology, but I believe it will soon be vital to understand this tool’s capacity to change architecture.
Here we can imagine entire communities with various forms that had previously been too costly. We could see long lasting structures that won’t deteriorate. We could see more customization in form.