2024-05-04T18:12:13-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150308463/alquist-3d-begins-3d-printing-200-homes-in-rural-virginia Nathaniel Bahadursingh 2022-04-29T12:39:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/67/672251866c0519e6ed934bb6414750fb.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/475/3d-printing" target="_blank">3D printed</a> home specialist Alquist 3D has announced plans to build what it calls the largest 3D printed home building project in the world. The initiative is dubbed Project Virginia and will see the development of 200 homes across the state. Alquist will kick off the project with a demonstration near the site of the first two 3D printed homes in Pulaski, Virginia today, Friday, April 29.&nbsp;</p> <p>Project Virginia follows Alquist&rsquo;s recent <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/125684/habitat-for-humanity" target="_blank">Habitat for Humanity</a> project in Williamsburg, Virginia, a 1,200-square-foot, three-bed, two-bathroom home, whose exterior shell was printed in just 22 hours. The company claims that this was the first owner-occupied, 3D printed home in the world and Habitat for Humanity&rsquo;s first 3D printed home in the country (a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150267973/habitat-for-humanity-builds-its-first-3d-printed-house-in-the-u-s" target="_blank">similar HfH project in Tempe, Arizona</a> lays claim to the same distinction). The initiative hopes that this structure, along with Project Virginia, can serve as blueprints for delivering&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/110562/affordable-housing" target="_blank">affordable housing</a> in rural and underserved regions of America.&nbsp;</p> ...