First 3D Printed Houses For Rent Will Be Built In the Netherlands This Year (qz.com) 32
Since there aren't enough construction workers in the country to keep up with housing demands, the city of Eindhoven in The Netherlands is turning to robots for help. The city will soon boast the world's first commercially-developed 3D-printed homes, a endeavor known as Project Milestone. The project is being handled by Dutch construction company Van Wijnen and researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology. Quartz reports: Construction on the first home begins this year and five houses will be on the rental market by 2019, project organizers say. Within a week of releasing images of the new homes, 20 families expressed interest in dwelling in these postmodern pods, according to the project website. the project website. "The first aim of the project is to build five great houses that are comfortable to live in and will have happy occupants," developers say. Beyond that, they hope to promote 3D concrete printing science and technology so that printed housing "will soon be a reality that is widely adopted."
The "printer" in this case is a big robotic arm that will shape cement of a light, whipped-cream consistency, based on an architect's design. The cement is layered for strength. The project developers say that the consistency of this concrete and the precision of the printer will make it possible to mix and use only as much cement as is needed, which makes it environmentally-friendly and less expensive than classic construction methods. The printer and unique cement will also allow them to create unusual forms that challenge conventional notions of home design.
The "printer" in this case is a big robotic arm that will shape cement of a light, whipped-cream consistency, based on an architect's design. The cement is layered for strength. The project developers say that the consistency of this concrete and the precision of the printer will make it possible to mix and use only as much cement as is needed, which makes it environmentally-friendly and less expensive than classic construction methods. The printer and unique cement will also allow them to create unusual forms that challenge conventional notions of home design.
Do msmash and BeauHD even talk to each other? (Score:2)
n/t
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No, the corpus callosum has been severed.
Reinforcement? (Score:2)
How are these walls reinforced? Typically you need rebar in a concrete structure to prevent it to becoming ruble - especially in area that has any seismic activity.
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How are these walls reinforced? Typically you need rebar in a concrete structure to prevent it to becoming ruble - especially in area that has any seismic activity.
This, 100%. From the images, it looks like they are building 0.5-1m thick walls with internal structure that emulate the structure of cinder blocks (maybe 30% infill). They are also embedding some thin wire as they lay the concrete, but I don't see how that's going to do much, especially since it's not affixed in any way to the other layers. For a three story house, as shown in their renderings, that seems somewhat suspect. Maybe the Netherlands have loose building codes.
I'm still waiting... (Score:2)
... for the first 3D-printed Slashdot editor.
Tombs of the Ancient Kings (Score:2)
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Odd looking design. They remind me of the tombs of the ancient kings [e-reading.club] in the Narnia stories.
I dunno. When I look at them . . . I think they look like those Easter Island Heads:
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Odd looking design. They remind me of the tombs of the ancient kings [e-reading.club] in the Narnia stories.
Quoting from the book (" The Horse and His Boy [e-reading.club] ")
"He saw, about five minutes’ walk away on his left, what must certainly be the Tombs, just as Bree had described them; great masses of mouldering stone shaped like gigantic beehives, but a little narrower. They looked very black and grim, for the sun was now setting right behind them.
There was something very uncomfortable about those great, silent shapes of stone.
The moon was shining brightly. The Tombs—far bigger and nearer than he ha
There's only two things I hate in this world. (Score:1)
People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch.
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Construction is not the main cost. (Score:2)
Futuristic?? (Score:2)
they look more like Flinstones houses!
Im all for future building techniques, but seeings how there are no inside pics, im assuming the inside is dismal, and small, and grey....
Bs article (Score:2)