This is what the first German residential building looks like from a 3D printer
The single-family house has 160 square meters of living space and is in Beckum. Should you no longer need it, you can simply “vacuum and re-print” it.
The first residential building in Germany that comes from a 3D printer was inaugurated in North Rhine-Westphalia on Monday. “The advantage is the speed, we implemented the pilot project in eight months, the next one is even in five months and we need fewer staff,” said the client and architect Waldemar Korte.
The first work began in Beckum last autumn – on a protected construction site, because both the material and the equipment are not ordinary tools. The oversized printer, from whose nozzle special concrete comes, applies layer by layer to the walls of the two-story single-family house, like a cake. And as with the small figures from commercially available 3D printers, you can also see the typical “grooves” that arise with every layer.
The Beckum-based company Hous3Druck is behind the construction; PERI was responsible for the concrete printing. The material used is called i.tech 3D and was specially developed by HeidelbergCement for 3D printing. A grant of 200,000 euros came from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It should have been worth it if you believe the words of NRW Building Minister Ina Scharrenbach: “3D printing is a revolution for the construction industry,” she said during the inauguration, “we are faster, we need less material and we are more environmentally friendly On the way. Should you no longer need the house, you can simply vacuum it and print it again. “
One thing has to be given to the two-story building: it stands out from most of the new German bunkers solely because of its conspicuously rounded corners. There is also a lot of space; The house should have 160 square meters of living space. After the pilot project, it will be explored how the technology can continue to be used in the future.
By the way, they were faster in the Netherlands: In May, the first couple near Eindhoven pulled a house out of the 3D printer. The house built by Weber Benelux is one of five houses from the 3D printer that are part of the of the so-called Milestone project should arise. Here, too, the benefits of 3D printing technology in the construction industry are to be examined.
