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3D Printed “Stone” Houses to Debut in The Netherlands
Emily Pollock posted on June 06, 2018 | | 79 views

An artist impression of the houses, which one partner described as having “stone shapes.” (Image courtesy of Houben/Van Mierlo architects, via Eindhoven University of Technology.)

A Dutch university is 3D printing the first commercially available real estate development out of concrete.

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is famous for its concrete 3D-printing program, led by professor Theo Salet, which famously built the world’s first 3D-printed concrete bike and pedestrian bridge. TU/e is back with Project Milestone, a project aimed at 3D-printing five concrete houses over the next five years.

Although these won’t be the first 3D-printed buildings—China’s WinSun 3D-printed several demo houses, Dubai unveiled the “Office of the Future” office building in 2016 and the Netherlands’ own CyBe Construction put a show house in Milan this past April—they are the first structures printed specifically to be lived in.

“The project is the world’s first commercial housing project based on 3D-concrete printing,” the university’s spokesperson said. “The houses will all be occupied. They will meet all modern comfort requirements, and they will be purchased and let out by a real estate company [Dutch company Vesteda].”

The first house, which will be a single story and have three rooms, is slated for construction later this…

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