3d printing of homes is a reality. How can we do better?
3d printing of homes is a reality. How can we do better?
Alquist 3D partnered with Habitat for Humanity Peninsula & Greater Williamsburg to create first 3D-printed home to be owner occupied in the United States. Learn more.
The technology is here now. This house is a boring square cracker box, which you would expect from Habitat for Humanity and a proof of concept. However, the freedom of 3-D printing allows you to make almost any shape that you can imagine that is physically possible.
Modern houses are shaped the way they are because of ease of construction and cost effectiveness, mostly.
How can we use the new freedom offered by the technology to make entirely new structures that take advantage of the freedom of form and reduced waste in construction?
I’m thinking of things like amazing windows and passive climate control structures inspired by how termites manage the climate in their mounds. Does anyone have any interesting forms or shapes they’d make?