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These 3D Printed Mini Apartments Could Be the Future of Mobile Homes
Complex Art & Design ^ | April 19, 2014 | Kaitlyn Schaeffer

Posted on 04/19/2014 6:59:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The 3D printer has been revolutionizing everything from art to medicine to accessories, and its latest foray has been into the field of architecture. Peter Ebner, architect and UCLA professor, tasked his architecture students with a homework assignment for the ages: develop a 3D-printed apartment that’s easy to transport and manage.

The class rose to the challenge and then some, constructing mini mobile homes that measure 50 square feet and are equipped with thermal insulation, electricity, water, heating, and sewage systems (which are also 3D printed). The living area comes with a collapsible counter, a foldaway toilet, a pullout bed, and a wall-sized entertainment system.

UCLA architecture and urban design studio 3M futureLAB believes these abodes would best suit the lifestyles of 25-35 year-olds, and one Chinese corporation has already indicated an interest in producing several hundred of these contraptions over the next two years.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 3dprinters; 3dprinting; housing; manufacturing
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1 posted on 04/19/2014 6:59:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Ruling Class would love to put all the proletariat in these.


2 posted on 04/19/2014 7:03:13 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This technology can do more to get housing for poor people than all of the “affordable housing” government programs put together. We need to push the US and all state and local governments to adopt some of this technology and amend building codes. Then get rid of all the housing agencies.


3 posted on 04/19/2014 7:03:40 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dems planning our future...


4 posted on 04/19/2014 7:03:51 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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To: miliantnutcase

I think I've seen them before.

5 posted on 04/19/2014 7:05:13 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Moonman62

Too much privacy, they want us in huge dorms. The commune lifestyle will minimize personal property and the concept of personal space/property.


6 posted on 04/19/2014 7:05:22 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The photos sure don’t reveal much do they.


7 posted on 04/19/2014 7:06:16 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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To: Moonman62

“Get ‘Em Out By Friday.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp-TwWnn0dk


8 posted on 04/19/2014 7:07:05 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ansel12

u Gott that right!


9 posted on 04/19/2014 7:08:39 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Printing with concrete seems to be advancing at a pretty rapid pace.


10 posted on 04/19/2014 7:11:30 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Vince Ferrer

3-D printing for space. (Narrated by a conservative too)

http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/futurescape/videos/3d-printing-houses-on-mars.htm#mkcpgn=snag1


11 posted on 04/19/2014 7:14:55 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek
New photos of 10 'green' 3D-printed houses in Shanghai, built in 24 hours
12 posted on 04/19/2014 7:16:03 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My dog’s house is bigger than that.


13 posted on 04/19/2014 7:16:14 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Moonman62

“The Ruling Class would love to put all the proletariat in these.”

Indeed. And when you die they can just bury you in it.

I bet the “professor” won’t volunteer to live in one himself to prove his wonderful concept.


14 posted on 04/19/2014 7:17:11 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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15 posted on 04/19/2014 7:18:16 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Vince Ferrer

Its very cool technology.


16 posted on 04/19/2014 7:18:42 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I can’t imagind any human living in such a piece of shit!

It should be illegal to build any living quarter of less than 1,000 sq, ft!


17 posted on 04/19/2014 7:19:27 PM PDT by dalereed
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18 posted on 04/19/2014 7:20:16 PM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
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19 posted on 04/19/2014 7:21:47 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m not impressed. Although I see a future in making coffins.


20 posted on 04/19/2014 7:31:58 PM PDT by fish hawk (no tyrant can remain in power without the consent and cooperation of his victims.)
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