Posted on 10/19/2023 9:32:27 AM PDT by lowbridge
Tucked away on a small plot of the Woodbury University Campus in Burbank, is a concrete example of the future of homebuilding.
A 425-square-foot home, designed by Woodbury architecture students, is the first 3D printed structure to be permitted and built in the city of Los Angeles. From design to it's current form, it took only 15 months.
"It's a proof of concept that this really can be done and then can be repeated and scaled in a way that has a huge effect on our community but on the world at large even," says Dr. Barry Ryan, the president of Woodbury University.
The house was an entry into the solar decathlon, which is a collegiate competition encouraging designers to create a high performance structure powered by renewable energy - something the students are very proud of.
"I think it looks really nice. I'm glad that we kept it raw concrete...we didn't add any paints or anything like this on top of it so we can see all of the different layers and the actual material," explains recent Woodbury graduate Jade Royer.
Jessica Gomez is also a recent graduate who worked on the project.
"I also enjoy the kitchen because it uses a lot of sustainable materials as well.. so like the dining chairs and the table is made from recyclable paper, so we try to think sustainably from the building but also with how we wanted to furnish it," Gomez said.
The home's shower water is recirculated for toilet flushing, and the bending form and sloped roof are designed to maximize solar power. Mineral wool insulation also serves as a fire barrier. The concrete used helps reduce noise and preserve internal temperatures but is also an environmentally friendly formula.
The three-day printing was so precise, no concrete was wasted.
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Lol...
$588/Sq ft???
Affordable???
That is California level stupid.
Only $250k? Wow, sign me up!!!!!
Lots of other “sustainable” and low-waste alternatives, such as Structural Insulated Panels, that can be built for about $150/sqft in a matter of days, at least in non-California parts of the country, on a properly prepped foundation.
I think it is a good experiment. Other people should be able to borrow ideas from it (and omit other things) and bring the price down.
Unfortunately, one problem in CA is that even if the house were free, the cost of the land would make purchasing it prohibitively expensive for many.
$250,000 house. 425 sq. feet. 15 months to build.
I love these Babylon Bee articles. I do.
Wait, what?
Proof of concept, but not marketable at all.
Technology of 3D Printing just isn’t at that level.
OK, 15 months for design and developing the technology. 3 days to build the walls. The next hundred should be far cheaper.
It looks kinda like a restroom building at an interstate highway rest stop. But hey, anyone who wants to spend $588/sq ft OF THEIR OWN MONEY!!! to live in a tiny concrete highway rest stop, knock yourself out! :-)
Something is wrong here. There are 3D printed homes four times the size for the same price. Normally 3D printed homes are only 55% the cost of conventional homes.
It is the future of housing.
Its a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.
In addition, 3D printing allows new designs and features that are now impractical. It is also anticipated, for example, that in the coming years, AI design and 3D printing will make custom curvilinear homes increasingly common in high end homebuilding.
15 months?......................
They’ll make it up in volume............................😜
And 15 months?? We do 2500 sf houses in 3 months. and that's while working on other houses at the same time.
What a joke! A 20’ x 20’ “garage” built in 15 months for $250,000.
Commies and their concrete dwellings. It’s like a magnet to steel.
>> It is the future of housing.
I just can’t envision a typical crew of Mexicans and Central Americans 3D-printing houses. ;-)
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