3D-printed houses come to a Texas village for the homeless

[reasonable_doubter]

From space exploration to robotics to medicine, 3D printing has huge potential in all kinds of areas, but one where it is starting to make a real impact is the world of low-cost housing. The latest example of this is a few additions to a development for the homeless in Texas, starting with a stylish new welcome center that was 3D printed in little more than a day.

The construction company behind the new 3D-printed homes goes by the name of Icon, and since debuting its first prototype at SXSW in Texas in 2018 has taken its technology to Latin America, where it is building the world’s first 3D-printed neighborhood.

By using its Vulcan II 3D printer to produce the basic structures of simple homes and having humans add final touches like windows, doors and roofing, the company is able to construct dwellings remarkably cheaply and efficiently. The prototype home it produced for SXSW took 48 hours to make at a cost of US$10,000.

Similarly, the village of low-cost homes it is building in Latin America is designed for families living on less that $200 a month and is hoped to serve as a proof-of-concept for affordable housing solutions around the world. It now hopes to keep the ball rolling with a new project at the Community First! Village in Austin, Texas.

3D-printed houses come to a Texas village for the homeless

 

[reasonable_doubter]

6k for your own house with lights and water connected.....

 

[ORDER_66]

Bout fukking time we had thread last year on African construction companies turning shipping containers into cheap mini mansions...

Cities and states CAN SOLVE the homeless problem...they just choose not to...

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

modular building is the new wave.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

That's pretty cool. But how does that house handle heavy rain, wind, or snow? Because those things happen with regularity in the U.S.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

6k for your own house with lights and water connected.....

Real shyt, for this cost I’d pay for a home for a homeless family.

I hope they can scale this and I hope those who can afford to, will chip in and fund the building of homes for others for such a relatively “cheap” price

 

[reasonable_doubter]

Real shyt, for this cost I’d pay for a home for a homeless family.

I hope they can scale this and I hope those who can afford to, will chip in and fund the building of homes for others for such a relatively “cheap” price

the government is going to have to because the homeless problem is bad and is only going to get worse........... i wouldnt mind living in one of their houses... its cool to me

 

[reasonable_doubter]

That's pretty cool. But how does that house handle heavy rain, wind, or snow? Because those things happen with regularity in the U.S.

in austin? you rarely come across that.... i grew up there, worst you get is an ef1 tornado

 

[Xtraz2]

Cheap efficient housing will eventually be available to everybody once robotics takes over completely, so will electronic devices/entertainment/transportation etc

 

[BigMoneyGrip]