Posted on 04/14/2014 9:05:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
From Oreos to body parts, 3D printers have been cranking out some pretty unbelievable stuff lately.
But in Shanghai, WinSun Decoration Design Engineering Co. has been using a monstrous printing device to build homes at a breakneck pace — 10 homes in 24 hours.
Measuring out at roughly 105 feet long, 33 feet wide, and 21 feet tall, this clearly isn’t your average retail printer.
Unlike most 3D printers, this printing giant is fed with cement rather than plastic, making it especially well-suited for home construction.
The best part is the houses are super cheap to make and they’re made almost entirely of construction and other industrial waste.
When it’s all said and done, the houses are roughly 650 square feet and cost only $4,800 to make, which is why they’re being considered as a housing solution for China’s poor.
It’s not the first crack at 3D home building, but it is definitely the fastest, most economical, and environmentally friendly way we’ve seen to date.
Check out the finished product below:
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Ping
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3-D Printer Ping!
Please tell me the guy operating the printer is non-union.
Most honorable Null and Voidness, where are you?
These homes look hot in the summer and cold in the winter—if winters are cold and summers are hot.
Depends on what you mean by the word “union” I suppose.
I’m guessing they would be insulated in some form or fashion.
Great.... more cities for the Chinese to build and not let people live in
Sounds like a Potemkin village to me
4000 psi fiberglass reinforced concrete, or like their gypsum board, junk?
They built trusses, not homes.
I always wanted a home made from industrial waste. Can’t wait for the cancer to set in.
Sure doesn’t look to be anything on the line of 1/2+ aggregate in it...
Oh, forgot to mention - they Chicoms bought a whole shedload of industrial waste really cheap - from Japan.
You pay extra for cancer.
Portland cement? Any reinforcement, rebar?
This 3D printing technology would be kind of handy for rapidly making structures out of lunar dust and some kind of bounding agent. Assuming one ever wanted to do that.
I ain’t paying extra for cancer. I’ll just take my free chinese mold.
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