The First House Printed On Site By A 3D Printer
Kenneth Coo
Published
03/07/2017
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They say Rome wasn't build in a day, but this house was!
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3D printing a home usually involves creating the parts off-site and constructing the building later... -
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... But not this time! -
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Apis Cotr, 3D printing specialists based in Russia and San Francisco, say the walls of the building were printed and painted in just 24 hours. -
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Apis Cotr uses a mobile printer to print their apartments on-site. -
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“Printing of self-bearing walls, partitions and building envelope were done in less than a day: pure machine time of printing amounted to 24 hours,” the company said. -
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Once the house has been completed, the printer is removed with a crane-manipulator and presumably the roof is then added, followed by the interior fixtures and fittings. -
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Nikita Chen-yun-tai, the inventor of the mobile printer and founder of Apis Cor, explained his desire is “to automate everything”. -
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“But all printers created before shared one thing in common – they were portal type. I am sure that such a design doesn’t have a future due to its bulkiness. So I took care of this limitation and decided to upgrade a construction crane design.” -
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He adds: “We want to help people around the world to improve their living conditions. That’s why the construction process needs to become fast, efficient and high-quality as well. For this to happen we need to delegate all the hard work to smart machines.” -
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The house (built in Russia) can last up to 175 years and cost just $10,134 to build, the company added. -
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What do you think, is this the future of building houses?
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