This startup was able to 3D print a house in under 24 hours. Not only that, but it only cost around $10,000. Granted, the house isn't huge (it's only a little over 400 square feet) but it's still pretty cool. Check out the interior:
However, things do get even cooler. This house was curved in order to show off the versatility of the machine. It can just as easily build square houses, and can do so for significantly cheaper.
Houses built by their machine can be up to three storeys tall as well, which opens up the possibilities for much larger homes.
Wow, the 3D printing technology has really advanced a lot these days. That really looks better than most houses and it's ridiculously cheap! This may partially solve the high housing price for the young people nowadays.
I really hope so! I could definitely see this technology expanding and halving the costs of houses
for those interested, here's the video about it from Apis Cor:
This is awesome.
A couple of questions though:
What's the R-value like compared to a conventional house c/w 6" insulated walls? (by the looks of it, quite a bit higher given how they're so much thicker.)
It said that it was 38 square metres and only $10,413 to build, or $274/metre squared, but an 'average' house is cheaper - @ about $223? Say what?
couldn't find exact figures, but given the concrete + foam, I do believe it's pretty high. As for the price, depends where you are in the world, but in the U.S. that would be crazy cheap for a concrete structure, though it's also likely to be quite a bit more expensive here too as you still need the plumbing, electric, etc.
Here's a thread about it on slashdot: 3D-Printed House Constructed On-Site In One Day.
How much for an entire 3D printed permaculture homestead?
Unsure, you'd have to ask
Wow. Good deal. $10,000.00 is about what I pay for the ink replacement cartridges for my Cannon printer. LOL
No kidding! I'm considering renting their machine myself and trying to build a 4000 square foot mansion for $100,000.
This 3-D printing is a major industry disrupter. Say good by to the building trades. The future is here
Absolutely! If this works as promised, it could build homes for half the cost and almost instantly solve high home prices.
Hopefully a lot of homeless people get a chance to get to the public library, set up a Steemit account, post quality content, save up for that Insta-Home and BAM!
This definelty looks better than my house lel upvoted!
Haha better than my apartment too. You can rent the machine and build yourself one if you want!
Sadly I don't have 10.000 dolaros hahaha
Haha me neither. But cheaper than a mortgage at least :)
Very much into the idea of 3d printed tiny houses of all shapes and sizes.
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i love the new technologies coming about and being inventively used. i'd like to see more of this type of thing happening all over the world. upvoted and resteemed
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Yes but how does it all connect together? Also how much material is not from 3D printing. Good concept but is it really practical?
Can't say for sure. The total cost was $10,300. Of that, about $3500 (IIRC) was windows and doors (the biggest expense).
How soon until they can print them in a pyramid shape?
I am a volunteer fire fighter and was wondering how flamibel the material is. Is it fome or what. I am concerned
Not sure! Definitely not foam. Probably a plastic of some kind
Its things like this that remind me I'm living in the future