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Luxury 3D printed estate, made from sand, dust and gravel

summerella
summerella over 10 years ago

It will take 2 years to build, and they need to borrow the giant D-Shape 3D printer from the Italian defense agency...well, maybe I won't hold my breath. 

 

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/03/americas/architect-3d-prints-luxury-estate/?iid=ob_homepage_tech_pool&iref=obinsite

"This will serve as a way of using our project to ... pave the way for more humanitarian purposes that we see as the highest and best use for our technology," he says.

"If we can build a simple pool house, I can print thousands of refugee housings. If I can build a pool, I can print underwater reefs (which he says D-Shape has already done before) to repair bridges, piers and infrastructures."

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Architect designs giant 3D-printed estate - CNN.com

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  • DAB
    DAB over 10 years ago +1
    Yes this is clearly a case of art verses function. Given the design, I suspect that you really would need a 3D printer to get all of the parts to fit together with any level of precision. It would take…
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    DAB over 10 years ago

    Yes this is clearly a case of art verses function.

     

    Given the design, I suspect that you really would need a 3D printer to get all of the parts to fit together with any level of precision.

     

    It would take some very skilled workmen to build it from scratch.

     

    DAB

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    Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to DAB

    Nice idea, but we must have better ways of producing local sustainable housing.

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    summerella over 10 years ago in reply to Former Member

    I agree.  The "refugee housing" justification seemed like an afterthought.  I guess they just wanted to push limits.

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