An architecture studio in the Netherlands have sign up for the race to build the world's first 3D-printed house, by announcing plans to for a two-story canal house. The studio DUS Architects, believe that the technology behind 3D printing have grown so powerful that they believe this goal is very achievable. They plan to begin work within the next 6 months, using the KamerMaker Printer as their primary source of development. This is a mobile printing facility that lives in a shipping container designed by DUS Architects. It can be moved from site to site, and its name literally means "room creator" in Dutch. It can print rooms up to 2x2x3.5 metres (width x length x height).
The KamerMaker will be placed on the building site by the Buiksloter-canal in northern Amsterdam, where it will manufacture the building bit by bit, starting with the facade and first room, then the following rooms in the months after, for as long as it takes within the three-year period for which DUS has access to the site. Each part will be printed and tested at a 1:20 scale before being manufactured in actual size.
And although the building will start off being made from polypropylene, the team hopes to incorporate biomaterials and recycled plastics into later rooms.
The aim is not necessarily to build a dwelling at this time, but a public research centre for 3D-printed architecture where interested parties can visit to watch and learn more about the manufacturing process.
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