German company PERI 3D Construction is collaborating with construction printer manufacturer COBOD on what the team describes as the “first 3D printed social housing apartment building in Germany and Europe.” The three-floor building will contain six apartment units ranging from 670 to 890 square feet.
Located in the Ruhr city of Lünen, the project will see the first two floors of the apartment building 3D printed using concrete, while the top floor will be built using a timber hybrid construction method. The foundation, base, and horizontal slabs will be built from conventional methods, while the facade finish will comprise the 3D printed surface on the bottom two floors and facade panels to the top floor.
“We are pleased to be able to demonstrate once again how quickly, efficiently, and in a resource-saving manner the 3D printer can create living space and what potential is also opening up in the multi-family house segment,” PERI’s managing director Fabian Meyer-Brötz said about the scheme. “We are convinced that the technology is already ready for widespread use on modern construction sites, and especially for social housing projects.”
Citing UN Habitat data that 96,000 new affordable housing units are needed each day until 2030 to house the 3 billion people currently without adequate housing, the team believes that 3D printing holds the promise to increase housing supplies by “reducing construction costs while increasing the speed of construction through automation.”
The social housing building is one of several 3D printed schemes to recently feature in our editorial. In August, we reported on a Japanese company seeking to deliver a 3D printed home ‘bought for the price of a car.’ Also in August, robots helped to assemble a 3D printed domed timber pavilion in Germany, while in July, ICON, Lennar, and BIG revealed their first completed Wolf Ranch model home in Texas.
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