A 3-D Printed House? Well, this may well be the coolest video you see today. It’s a TEDx talk from a fellow named Behrokh Khoshnevis, who is a professor of engineering at USC, where he directs something called the Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies. CRAFT has stated as its grand challenge “building a custom-designed house in a day while drastically reducing the costs, injuries, waste and environmental impact associated with traditional construction techniques.” The applications of such rapid-fire housing are endless: affordable housing for the poor; “extraterrestrial buildings constructed from in situ materials”; emergency FEMA-style housing, and the like. But don’t listen to me–listen to the guy who’s trying to make it a reality. And if you’re really pressed for time, let me call out some of the most exciting things the professor says here, with a few little glosses of my own. “In the end the whole building can be ready in an unprecedented time. Bur wait? What do you think?
Domerama WASP's Revolutionary Delta Printer 3D Prints Structurally Sound Homes from Clay Italy’s WASP (World’s Advanced Saving Project) aims to help the world’s impoverished by 3D-printing sustainable dwellings using all natural materials. Unveiled at the Maker Faire Rome, the portable 3D printer called the Delta can be transported to areas in need to print homes on site. The printer works with locally-sourced materials like mud and fiber to create structurally sound homes with a culturally-sensitive, vernacular aesthetic. Unlike other 3D printing companies, WASP has turned its attention to natural and local materials, rather than quick printing plastics, to create healthy new homes. Related: The World’s First 3D Printed Room is a Mind-Boggling Baroque Interior Inspired by the long tradition of building homes from clay, mud and fibers in Morocco, the Delta takes the labor out of the building process to create needed shelters in a snap. Via Phys.org
An Afternoon with the Handibot I’ve never been much of a woodworker. While I can design and plan woodworking projects, the finesse that woodworkers have with wood always amazes me. That’s why CNC machines have always fascinated me. A few years ago I even built my own. I would love to have a full size CNC machine, but for me as a tinkerer, it’s cost and space prohibitive. The Handibot is a portable CNC machine that you can carry around and drop on top of the work piece that you want to cut. I’ve had a lot of fun cutting out all kinds of widgets with it in the few months that I’ve had it. First, I needed something to cut. Next, I had to prepare the files. To prepare files for cutting, you need to setup tool paths. This is my parts layout, you can see that this is a toolpath for a larger CNC machine, but since it’s divided into tiles I can cut one of them at a time, working my way over the workpiece. But not before I swung over to Home Depot for some plywood! Here I am working my way down the first set of tiles.
The world’s largest Delta 3D printer can print nearly zero-cost housing out of mud The future of affordable (and sustainable) housing may lie with 3D printing. The World’s Advanced Saving Project (WASP) has unveiled the world’s largest delta-style 3D printer, which can build full-size buildings out of mud and clay for nearly zero cost. The massive BigDelta printer stands 12 meters tall (40 feet), and it's nearly completed its first house at a cost of just 48 euros so far. Italian innovator Massimo Moretti launched WASP with the goal to “create a means for affordable fabrication of homes, and provide these means to the locals in poverty stricken areas.” Related: Need a home? WASP has come an impressively long way in a short span of time, especially considering that the company doesn’t receive any public financing. According to Moretti, “When the work starts again, we will raise the wall until 4 meters, then we’ll create the door and build the roof. Their timing is also advantageous. + World’s Advanced Saving Project Save
I Wood This 3D Printer Can Build 10 Houses A Day For $5,000 Each Thank you for subscribing! For $5,000 and ten hours you can now buy a 3D printed house. “The days of lengthy, inefficient, and costly construction projects could be coming to an end. “Not only is the printer environmentally ideal but it potentially has the ability to produce sound low cost housing for poverty stricken communities. Learn more here CLICK-RAFT 3D Printing: 2,500 Ft² House PRINTED in 20 Hours Source: www.humansarefree.com | Original Post Date: November 15, 2013 – The second industrial revolution is here, thanks to a relatively new invention: the 3D printer. This amazing technical achievement can be used in most of the fields one can think of, with unparalleled financial and time-saving advantages. Recently, NASA used a 3D printer to make parts for a rocket engine, which performed just as expected. Thanks to a company named “Contour Crafting – Robotic Construction System”, the 3D printer can now be used to built entire houses on site, and it will take around 20 hours for a 2,500 square feet home. The fabrication technology is called Contour Crafting (CC) and it was developed by Dr. According to the official website, “Contour Crafting technology has great potential for automating the construction of whole structures as well as sub-components. Here’s how this technology works: I don’t know how many people fully comprehend the implications of this technology. References:
Home made home : bientôt tous architectes ? Après Wikipédia et Wikispeed, voici venue la Wikihouse. Crédits : Wikihouse Depuis le XXe siècle, les promoteurs immobiliers investissent de vastes espaces pour les rendre habitables. A l’aide d’engins de chantiers, à grands renforts d’ouvriers, ils font sortir de terre des barres d’immeubles ou des rangées de maisons imaginées par des architectes, pariant sur l’attractivité à venir de territoires entiers pour engranger des bénéfices. Après de dures années de labeur, monsieur X décroche un crédit auprès d’une banque, achète son habitation et accéde enfin au rêve de la propriété. Valdeduz, Espagne. Au XXIe siècle, la donne pourrait progressivement changer : les nouveaux matériaux, couplés à la révolution numérique et à de nouveaux modes de fabrication décentralisés font de la construction d’une maison chose de plus en plus aisée. Certes, on est encore loin de pouvoir télécharger gratuitement sa villa. La maison d'Alejandro Capdevila durant l'hiver à Wroclaw.
Wasp-inspired 3D printer can build homes out of mud Inspired by the mud dauber, a little wasp that builds its home with mud, Massimo Moretti developed a way to create mud houses using 3D printing technology. Traditionally, earthen houses are formed by hand in a laborious, tedious process. But with a 3D mud printer, a house can be made in a couple of weeks. “Starting from the small format we’re developing a printer capable of laying down clay, to then move onto a bigger printer for houses at a very low cost and rebuild slums into natural villas (as Gaudì already thought of). For the last two years, WASP has been working towards the goal of creating full-size buildings with their printers. RELATED: World’s first 3D-printed house is being built in Amsterdam The process looks much like frosting a cake, and although it takes a while, it can shape almost any form of house and is very strong. “We have a big goal and we work every day on little things to achieve it,” said Moretti. + World’s Advanced Saving Project Via Treehugger Photos by WASP
10 completely 3D printed houses appears in Shanghai, built under a day April 1, 2014 Back in 2011, University of Southern California Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis said new technology will soon allow massive 3D printers to build entire multi-level houses in under a day. A group of 3D printed houses, 200 m2 each, recently appears in Shanghai, China. The company behind these 3D printed building, Shanghai WinSun Decoration Design Engineering Co, said it has for years been working on developing the system and its materials. While Hobbyist models of 3D printers are currently available for only a few hundred dollars and lets users feed plastics and polymers into a machine, the company takes this technology to a bigger level. WinSun's 150(L) x 10(W) x 6.6(H) m gigantic 3D printer is capable of printing entire building within hours. In addition, it is very impressive that the printing material is recycled construction waste, industrial waste and tailings. WinSun hopes their 3D printer and technology could offer "affordable and dignified housing" for the impoverished.
The world’s largest Delta 3D printer can print nearly zero-cost housing out of mud posted Categories: Building Methods The future of affordable (and sustainable) housing may lie with 3D printing. The World’s Advanced Saving Project (WASP) will soon unveil the world’s largest delta-style 3D printer that can build full-size buildings out of mud and clay for nearly zero cost. The massive 12-meter-tall (40 feet) BigDelta printer will make its official debut and show off its eco-friendly printing prowess tomorrow at “Reality of dream,” a three-day event in Massa Lombarda, Italy. Italian innovator Massimo Moretti launched WASP with the goal to “create a means for affordable fabrication of homes, and provide these means to the locals in poverty stricken areas.” WASP’s affordable housing solution combines 3D printing with biomimicry, drawing inspiration from the mud dauber wasp that constructs its home from one of the world’s oldest building materials: mud.