A Dutch architect is working on creating a two-story “Landscape House” which will be built entirely from a 3D printer.
We have heard of 3D-printed iPhone cases. But the Dutch Architect “Janjaap Ruijssenaars” is working on creating buildings using 3D printer.
He has announced plans to construct a building using D-Shape, a 3D printer. Reportedly, the printer will be used to create 20ft. x 30ft. sections out of sand and a binder that ends up being stronger than cement. The sections will then be connected, forming a rather intriguing-looking building.
The building named as “Landscape House” will cost between $4 million and $5 million Euros, and is designed as a continuous loop (infinity symbol or number eight – shaped design).
Janjaap Ruijssenaars is said that the 3D printing is amazing. Anyway, his building would still require concrete reinforcements.
The first “landscape house” should be in position by 2014, said Mr Ruijssenaars.
According to Ruijssenaars, a private individual in Brazil has expressed interest in acquiring 3D printed building to use as a museum for native artifacts. Unlike normal buildings constructed from wood and other materials, the 3D-printed house isn’t a “waste of energy.”
The 3D Printer “D-Shape” was invented by “Enrico Dini”. The D-Shape uses a stereolithography printing process with sand and a binding agent — letting builders create structures that are supposedly as strong as concrete.
