UTC3D-Printed House Can Be Assembled in Just One Day

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Just last month, Dutch architects unveiled plans to build the world’s first 3D-printed house out of sand, with a construction time of 18 months. Now British architecture collective Softkill Design has announced that it too is planning to build a 3D-printed house, but it can be printed in three weeks and built in one day.

Rather than sand, the structure, known as the ProtoHouse, will be built out of highly fibrous laser-sinted bioplastic. The company does not see it as a race, they don’t even see the Dutch as competition. A member of Softkill Design, Gilles Retsin told Dezeen:

We actually don’t even consider that a 3D-printed building because he is 3D-printing formwork and then pouring concrete into the form. So it’s not that the actual building is 3D printed.

The design will be entirely constructed from the printed material. What’s more there will be no need for any adhesive or bolting of any kind. Once the pieces have been printed, the house can be snapped together in one day. Said Retsin:

You don’t need any bolting, screwing, or welding on site. Imagine a Velcro or button-like connection. The pieces are extremely light, and they just kind of click together so you don’t need any other material.

It is likely we will only be hearing more about 3D-printed houses in the future. With their cost saving potential and material efficiency, they could seriously challenge the traditional landscape of architecture.

Images courtesy of Softkill Design

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可在短短一天時間組裝完成的3D打印房子 2013年2月15日22時52分33秒UTC3D，印刷房子可以在短短一Day3dhouseinsideDaniela WalkerforPSFK2013-02-15 22時52分33秒UTCPsfk-12ab86cbe1Follow @psfk組裝

就在上個月，荷蘭建筑師公布了建造世界上第一個用沙子建造的3D打印房屋的計劃，建造時間為十八個月。現在英國建筑集團SufftKyt設計公司宣布，它也計劃建造一個3D打印房屋，但是它可以在3周內打印并在一天內建成。

而不是砂，結構，被稱為ProtoHouse，將建出高度纖維狀激光sinted生物塑料的。該公司并沒有把它作為一個種族，他們甚至看不到荷蘭的比賽。 Softkill設計中的一員，吉爾斯Retsin告訴Dezeen：

事實上，我們甚至不認為這是一個3D打印的建筑，因為他是三維打印模板，然后澆筑混凝土到表單中。因此，它不是實際的建筑3D打印。

該設計將完全構造從印刷材料。更重要的是會出現不需要任何形式的粘合劑或螺栓連接。一旦作品被印刷，房子可以捕捉到一起的一天。說Retsin：

你不需要任何螺栓連接，螺紋連接，或焊接現場。想象一下，一個魔術貼或紐扣狀的連接。該作品是極輕，他們只是一種點擊在一起，所以你不需要任何其他材料。

很可能我們將只聽到更多有關在未來的3D打印房子。憑借其成本節約的潛力和材料效率，他們可能會嚴重挑戰建筑的傳統景觀。

圖片由Softkill設計

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