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These 3 countries are 3D-printing new homes
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum.
Author: Sean Fleming, Senior Writer, Formative Content
By 2030, three billion people will need improved housing.
That means building 96,000 new homes every day.
3D-printing technology can create high-quality homes in a fraction of the time and cost of traditional construction.
A couple recently moved into Europe’s first 3D-printed house.
In India, a 3D home was built in just five days.
By the end of this decade, as many as three billion people will be in need of better housing. Meeting that need would mean building 96,000 new homes every day, according to UN Habitat.
IIT Madras Startup Builds ‘India’s First’ 3D Printed House
The house can be built in just five days. By Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk | Updated: 29 April 2021 17:07 IST
Photo Credit: @Tvasta 3DP
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She said India definitely needs solutions that do not require much time
Tvasta Manufacturing Solutions developed its own material mix
Tvasta Manufacturing Solutions, a start-up founded by alumni of IIT Madras, has made what it says is India s first 3D-printed house. The team printed the structure using a specialty concrete that it had developed to print large-scale 3D structures in short periods. They say the mix is based on ordinary portland cement, which has a lower water-cement ratio. Though concrete is the primary material typically used in construction projects, it cannot be recycled and requires a lot of energy to mix and transport. So, the team s effort to use technology to print the house using ordinary portland cement can “
Tvasta’s 3D printed house is India’s first attempt at integrating technology into construction automation. Tvasta
India’s first 3D-printed home may provide a solution to the country’s shortage of affordable housing, using a technology that is quicker, cheaper and more efficient than traditional construction, housing experts said.
The single-storey home, measuring about 56 square metres (600 square feet), was built by Tvasta Manufacturing Solutions in the southern Indian city of Chennai, in collaboration with home-building charity Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter.
A home can be built in just five days and be customised, so the technology is suitable for the government’s affordable housing programme, as well as for disaster resettlement, said Adithya Jain, Tvasta’s co-founder and chief executive officer.
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