A 3D printing company that's called Apis Cor, is known for being able to print tiny houses within just 24 hours. They recently built a tiny home in Russia for around $10,134 and it came with all of the necessities like plumbing, electrical wiring, and more.
The fixtures like windows and furnishings etc were added after the building frame was printed, and then a coating of paint was added to the exterior as well. The one that was recently built in Russia has a bathroom, living room, kitchen, and hallway.
The company also estimates that the building itself has a lifespan of roughly 175 years.
The company is looking to revolutionize the way that people think about housing and they want to use the 3D printing technology to provide people with a much more cost efficient housing option. Many people today are priced out of the market and the tiny house trend has been growing in many areas, despite strict regulation that's tried to crackdown on tiny homes in various jurisdictions.
Apis Cor say that they want to become the biggest international construction company that seeks to resolve issues related to accommodation around the globe. A lot of people are without their own home, and Apis Cor wants to change that for them. They want to provide efficient, reliable, eco-friendly, housing options.
With the ability to produce a 100 square meter home within just 24 hours, it really opens up the market for lower price points in housing options. They are the first ones to develop a mobile construction 3D printer and it can literally print entire buildings right there on the property site.
The company is looking to print their buildings around the globe: Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, Oceania, South America, Antarctica, they even say they are ready to be the first to start building on mars.
As the tiny home trend continues, we have seen a wide variety of buildings and different types of structures that have been created. Some much bigger than others, some mobile and some not, one man was even in the news recently for his plans to make his tiny home out of hempcrete. And we can see the same with the 3D printing as well, the options are endless for what it seems you can use the 3D printers to create: food, cars, houses, body parts etc. It's exciting to see the two come together for a project like this, to try and help more people see their goal of home ownership realized.
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Apis Cor
Source:
http://mashable.com/2017/03/03/3d-house-24-hours.amp
http://apis-cor.com/en/
http://time.com/money/4673304/tiny-house-london-sale-750000/
http://www.thurstontalk.com/2017/03/01/hemp-insulation-tiny-house/
I'd like to see some biomimickry in 3D structure design. How about a nautilus shell home etc? Nature has a deep design catalog free for the taking, and 3D printers seem wasted on traditional rectilinear stuff (although above round house is pretty cool).
Very cool.
That's very impressive. I wonder if this will become a new norm. It's really exciting to see what 3D printing can do!
This is so amazing to consider that a whole house can be built in less than 24 hours!? Incredible!!! To boot, not only is the price more than fair, but the life span is extremely good for that price! Thanks a bunch for sharing this information with us, all for one and one for all! Namaste :)
Agree. And the even more amazing thing is that 3d printing will allow providing solid homes to everyone on this planet. Some companies (like these I suppose) are trying to print houses with sand and water mix, allowing building houses in poor countries such as on the African continent using local and massively available base materials.
I still remember 10 years ago when the technology you are referring to was discussed at the higher levels of business and governmental administration, the talks about having this technology had a lot more to do with "enclosures" than homes and my friend who had been part of the discussions, having had the same thoughts as you and I in relation to the housing for poor people, had to move away from the group forever. The thought of being associated with such people anymore was too hard to bare...
So much good can and could come out of this technology, it is hard to imagine now and it is going to seem almost miraculous to the generations as they'll grow up older. At the speed miniaturization is happening and accessibility of this technology becomes available for the commoner, the day where we'll be able to engineer our own things is around the corner. This would empower so many people to such an extent, I wonder if it will even be allowed.
Namaste :)
This is a really good and interesting post. I definitely will check this out!!
Oh, but I have waited for such good news very long time :)
Thank you, @doitvoluntarily
woow amazing :)
Super cool what can be done with 3d printing and providing inexpensive housing.
A Chinese company is doing similar things; I written about it here https://steemit.com/printing3d/@edje/stunning-3dprinted-objects-part-3-pinting-a-solid-house-in-less-than-24-hours-for-less-than-5-000ususd
You may also like this one https://steemit.com/printing3d/@edje/stunning-3dprinted-objects-part-4-the-office-of-the-future-in-reality-today
Thank you. This is valuable and useful information.
Hola, yo soy de argentina y es increible lo que se logra con las impresoras 3d. Aca hasta se ha llegado a operar, reproducioendo un organo, y no extrayendo el pulmon, si no tomando como referencia la impresion.
That is really wonderful
The Future is here and seems very affordable. I imagine this concept will take off and I can't help but think how great it will be for low income families
No wifi? Seriously, this is impressive. Will be useful for disaster setup operations.
The governments all around the world will do everything in their power to stop this.
Great post! This is very interesting!
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