Bjarke Ingels recently divulged his intentions to build on the moon by 2032. In a new interview with Fortune, Ingels talked about his firm’s involvement with ICON on the NASA-funded Project Olympus, saying "solar-powered lasers" will be used to "essentially melt moon dust into a sort of lunar obsidian" for later use as a 3D printed building material.
This is seemingly in reference to the next generation of 3D printers made by ICON, which Ingels discussed as part of our in-depth conversation on the topic in March. (He also said: "Technologies that are developed for the difficulty of building on the Moon and Mars actually end up necessitating innovations that are useful here on Earth.")
BIG is using a similar process for the astronaut base in the Mars Dune Alpha—another project partner Jakob Lange talked about with Archinect in detail in December of 2021.
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