A home made out of 3-D printed walls has just been completed — and it’s set to be a part of the world’s largest 3-D neighborhood located in Texas.
Prospective buyers got their first look at the gray single-story home, which was “printed” with a concrete mix, and will be put up for sale with other similar homes for between $475k to $599k, according toCNN.
Inside a 3D-printed home in Georgetown, Texas.ICON
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Each home in the neighborhood is expected to offer 1,500 to 2,100 square feet of space and have three to four bedrooms.
The 3-D printing process for homes in Wolf Ranch, Texas.ICON
Photos showing the inside of the completed home reveal a modern minimalistic interior design, with white lined walls — indicative of the 3-D printing process — tiled floors, counterspace and an island in the kitchen that matches the lined design of the walls. The home’s roof features a wide triangle design with circular lights etched into the ceiling.
The project also offered a separate photo showing a large ICON printing machine in the process of filling in the wall of a home, as it printed out ridges of the concrete-based material.
A 3D-printed neighborhood is being built in Georgetown, Texas.ICON
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However, ICON’s co-founder and CEO Jason Ballard, who has praised the 3-D technology in the past, said with housing needs increasing, there is a “profound need to swiftly increase supply without compromising quality, beauty, or sustainability, and that is exactly the strength of our technology,” per CNN.
He further described the future 3-D printed community at Wolf Ranch as a “watershed moment in the history of community-scale development.”
source: people.com
