A "house" made with a 3D printer may save lack of housing in developing countries

An attempt to make a house with a 3D printerIt has been done for several yearsHowever, as early as 2019 it is reported that there may be 100 3D building houses made in El Salvador.

This cheap 3D-printed home is a start for the 1 billion who lack shelter - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/12/17101856/3d-printed-housing-icon-shelter-housing-crisis

As with food and water, residences that you can spend with confidence are considered indispensable for human life, but about 1.2 billion people worldwide can not have a stable residence at present. Meanwhile, a venture company that manufactures houses with 3D printersICONMade it possible to build a house with a huge 3D printer with just $ 10,000 (about 1.1 million yen). Be the founder of ICONJason Ballard"The house made by 3D printer is cheaper than the general house in the US", he says that it is possible to easily build a house even in areas requiring economic support.

According to ICON, it is a house of 60 square meters of cement that can output with a 3D printer, and construction time will be around 12 to 24 hours. The announced model room is equipped with a living room, a bedroom, a bathroom, a pouch, "It is different from a house made of a 3D printer like the warehouse or the hut which has been made so far.Cement It is because we do not worry about the robustness of the structure, "says Mr. Ballard. In the future, we are planning to carry out the test also in terms of what kind of smell it feels when actually setting up an atmospheric monitor in the house made by 3D printer built.

You can check how the 3D printer house made by ICON is made from the following movie.

New Story + ICON: 3D Printed Homes for the Developing World


Over one billion people in the world live without having a stable housing.


Even if craftsmen build their homes hard, it takes time to build a house.


ICON is an NPO that supports housing problems in Haiti, El Salvador, BoliviaNew StoryAnd we are testing plans to build a house within 24 hours using 3D printers.


A silver arm visible on the left is a huge 3D printer that builds a house.


Along the prefabricated simple frame we will make the structure of the house with cement rather than resin.


In order to get the height, I will coat cement repeatedly back and forth in the same place many times.


And this is a 3D printer house built in Austin, USA as a demonstration.


A completed house has a simple pouch ......


A living room and a private room are also made.


With a bedroom ......


There was also a toilet.


ICON and New Story say that if planning goes smoothly it will build 100 3D building houses in El Salvador in 2019.

Alexandra Rafsi of New Story said that "Mobile phones are useful communication methods in Africa where the lifeline and transport network are not in place" on the idea of ​​bringing cutting edge technology "to make a house with 3D printer" to developing countries , It is said that it enables financial settlement even in regions without banksI have an example.. Just as the introduction of mobile phones has demonstrated its effect in Africa, I believe that plans to build houses with 3D printers will solve housing problems in developing countries. "


Furthermore, ICON thinks about after solving the housing problem of the world. "That is" to build a house that can reside on an extra-terrestrial planet with a 3D printer. "A 3D printer house has that possibility," Ballard says.