2024-05-07T17:59:55-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150300207/first-community-of-3d-printed-recycled-plastic-homes-to-be-built-in-california Niall Patrick Walsh 2022-02-25T11:42:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/32/32847650a8465eab27886beb25f99880.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/615/california" target="_blank">California</a>-based Azure Printed Homes has announced intentions to construct 14 prefabricated <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/475/3d-printing" target="_blank">3D printed homes</a> using recycled plastic. The homes will form part of a new housing development in Ridgecrest, California, led by Oasis Development.</p> <p>The project will build on Azure&rsquo;s existing production of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/218076/adu" target="_blank">backyard studios and ADUs</a>, which it produces from its factory in Culver City, CA. The company claims that 3D printing their ADUs and studios from recycled plastic allows them to build the units 70% faster and with 30% fewer costs than traditional home construction methods. </p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b4/b4e8cf35d571e675c36ab39f41fdbe27.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b4/b4e8cf35d571e675c36ab39f41fdbe27.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>An ADU unit by Azure Printed Homes. Image via Azure Printed Homes.</figcaption></figure></figure><p>&ldquo;We have created production efficiencies not only by capitalizing on the advances in 3D printing but by creating a design and process that is completed in only 12 hours,&rdquo; says Ross Maguire, a co-founder of Azure. &ldquo;When compared with conventional construction, we produce the entire structural skeleton, the exterior sheathing, the water control barrier, th...</p>