I was talking with a colleague who was exasperated about the most common usage of large-scale 3D printers, the sort that are being used to print houses out of concrete/cement blends. Originally it was just food for thought because relative to the way houses have been constructed for the past 100 years the way 3D printers are being used is pretty innovative, but I wonder what their use could be down the line.
I had originally imagined a printer that could print in ice or use some sort of wildly abundant resource as an aggregate for the printing slurry. I don't really know what it's use or value would be, if anything. Curious what people would do in this hypothetical situation.
Non Sequitur
Jan 11, 23 1:17 pm
3D printing Igloos is a pretty niche market.
Besides that, I did not find the 3D-printed house concepts floating around back when I was in grad school to be innovative then... and nearly 20years later, I still feel the same with the modern ones.
ill_will
Jan 11, 23 1:57 pm
Yeah, that's kind of my impression of them. Maybe you could do something that would grow mushrooms on it... like a framework of nutrient rich structural material and the mushrooms would determine the shape and typology. Idk if the "POV" post is a good idea or if people think about this as regularly as I do
x-jla
Jan 11, 23 4:27 pm
use melted sugar to create edible architecture.
x-jla
Jan 11, 23 4:28 pm
Geez bet I could make one hell of a gingerbread house like that.
x-jla
Jan 11, 23 4:34 pm
If I knew how to work a 3-D printer that is. Which I don’t because I’m old and still use auto cad.
Wood Guy
Jan 11, 23 4:34 pm
My local university has the largest 3D printer in the world, and just made a house using wood slurry--a renewable, low-carbon option to concrete options: https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2....
I was talking with a colleague who was exasperated about the most common usage of large-scale 3D printers, the sort that are being used to print houses out of concrete/cement blends. Originally it was just food for thought because relative to the way houses have been constructed for the past 100 years the way 3D printers are being used is pretty innovative, but I wonder what their use could be down the line.
I had originally imagined a printer that could print in ice or use some sort of wildly abundant resource as an aggregate for the printing slurry. I don't really know what it's use or value would be, if anything. Curious what people would do in this hypothetical situation.
3D printing Igloos is a pretty niche market.
Besides that, I did not find the 3D-printed house concepts floating around back when I was in grad school to be innovative then... and nearly 20years later, I still feel the same with the modern ones.
Yeah, that's kind of my impression of them. Maybe you could do something that would grow mushrooms on it... like a framework of nutrient rich structural material and the mushrooms would determine the shape and typology. Idk if the "POV" post is a good idea or if people think about this as regularly as I do
use melted sugar to create edible architecture.
Geez bet I could make one hell of a gingerbread house like that.
If I knew how to work a 3-D printer that is. Which I don’t because I’m old and still use auto cad.
My local university has the largest 3D printer in the world, and just made a house using wood slurry--a renewable, low-carbon option to concrete options: https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2....
whoa super cool WG!
3D printed salt forms