Innovation of the Week: Printing Your Own House
Posted by: meikah | 20 April 2007 | 1:31 am
UK researchers say that hammering, sawing, drilling and bricklaying could one day be replaced with printing.
They are building a room-size machine that will use rapid prototyping techniques to print walls, complete with brick, plaster, windows, insulation and conduits for wires and pipes.
The technique could make walls stronger and more functional, the researchers say.
Meanwhile it could reduce construction waste, minimising the amount of labour needed and liberating the building’s form.
Source: ABC Online, “Print your own house”
