180 grand for the printer? Holy cack that’s peanuts. Just think what we could do if we spent the money on this sort of thing instead of giving it to politicians.
That’s cheaper than a sizable house, if this works it’s a really cool opportunity
The difficult bit is getting all of the utilities in there in a maintainable way I believe
Worst case you have a meter of traditional wall on the first floor. I like the concept!
I know, right? Seems like a really cool project, and for that cheap, small non-profits could get their own.
No reinforcement? What are the upper floors made of?
If you read the article you’ll see they’re more domes than homes
Well, quite. They don’t appear to have windows or doors either (doorways, yes, but not doors), and they have holes in the roof. Yet the article mentions “homes” about a million times.
It’s almost like somebody who didn’t have any knowledge of construction had the idea of 3D printing buildings. Probably in the shower.
I notice that they fill the walls with natural fibers by hand (see the photo) - so they must pause the printers at regular intervals and get a ladder to get up to the top parts. So even what we see isn’t entirely 3D printed.
