3D printed houses seen in China's Suzhou

[bolo]

As a matter of fact, no they are not. A lot of houses in US are made from plywood. To get bricks, you need to pay extra. There is a reason a lot of new houses in US doesn't last nearly as long as the ones built in older days.

unfortunately a lot of McMansions in North America also. Wood frame with brick (not the good ones anymore) covering the wood.

I wish they construct houses with the same materials as constructing malls.

 

[Keel]

3D打印房子看上去很美而已，房子的强度很难保证，中国是地震多发国，这样的房子我真不敢住。
未来建筑应该是工厂化生产，到工地组装，这个技术远大集团做的很不错。

You should read this thread on the same subject posted by @cirr here which described the 3-D production in amazing details

I've quoted a section of the description below which may relieve your worry about the strength of the house and its resistence to earthquakes:

" The ink, which includes construction waste such as concrete, fiberglass, sand, and a special hardening agent, is an incredible way to recycle general construction materials — not to mention it is flexible, self-insulating, and resistant to strong earthquakes."

Have a read:
Shanghai-based WinSun 3D Prints 6-Story Apartment Building and an Incredible Home

 

[dlclong]

3D打印房子看上去很美而已，房子的强度很难保证，中国是地震多发国，这样的房子我真不敢住。
未来建筑应该是工厂化生产，到工地组装，这个技术远大集团做的很不错。

You need to understand,Those house r more robust than ordinary house.

 

[syedali73]

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A villa built by 3D printing technology is seen in Suzhou industrial park of east China's Jiangsu province, Jan 18, 2015. By using the technology, the stand-along villa and a six-story full-sized building have been printed out here recently. The walls of these houses were created by giant 3D printers which adding successive layers of material to form the shape. And the material is made from construction wastes. (Xinhua/Pei Xin)


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A visitor stands in a semi-finished apartment built by 3D printing technology in Suzhou industrial park of east China's Jiangsu province, Jan 18, 2015. By using the technology, a stand-along villa and a six-story full-sized building have been printed out here recently. The walls of these houses were created by giant 3D printers which adding successive layers of material to form the shape. And the material is made from construction wastes. (Xinhua/Pei Xin)


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A visitor walks in the villa built by 3D printing technology in Suzhou industrial park of east China's Jiangsu province, Jan 18, 2015. By using the technology, a stand-along villa and a six-story full-sized building have been printed out here recently. The walls of these houses were created by giant 3D printers which adding successive layers of material to form the shape. And the material is made from construction wastes. (Xinhua/Pei Xin)


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A visitor stands in a semi-finished apartment built by 3D printing technology in Suzhou industrial park of east China's Jiangsu province, Jan 18, 2015. By using the technology, a stand-along villa and a six-story full-sized building have been printed out here recently. The walls of these houses were created by giant 3D printers which adding successive layers of material to form the shape. And the material is made from construction wastes. (Xinhua/Pei Xin)

Makes lots of sense. Basically, the 3D printers are used to print out full 3-D 'templates' on which the building material is used. This is changing the entire concept of architecture.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Son slamming a toy car makes the wall structurally unsound ?

What kind of a toy car does your little one drive ?

Or are walls over there in the States not made from bricks and layers of cement anymore ?

Don't know about toy cars, but you can kick a hole in some with ease. They don't rely on it for structural support.

 

[TaiShang]

Chinese firm prints entire villa, signs export deal with Egypt
21 January 2015 | By Rod Sweet

Chinese firm prints entire villa, signs export deal with Egypt

Last March, Shanghai firm WinSun Decoration Design Engineering caused a sensation when it printed the components for 10 houses in a single day.

Now it has achieved another world first by printing an entire villa (pictured), measuring 1,100 sq m, and not only that, but a five-storey apartment building, as well.

The firm unveiled the structures at a press conference in Suzhou, China on 18 January.

According to 3D printing specialty news site 3ders.org, the villa was commissioned by Taiwan real estate company Tomson Group, and cost $161,000 (a million yuan) to print and assemble. Ten of these villas have already been pre-ordered, 3ders reports.

“Labour costs are slashed by up to 80% and the method does away with the noise, dust and chaos generated by traditional building methods”– Winsun

WinSun’s technique uses an exclusive printing ‘ink’ made of recycled construction waste, glass fibre, steel, cement and special additives.

Pieces for the building were printed in WinSun’s factory and assembled at an industrial park in Suzhou, which is near Shanghai.

The print machine is 6.6m tall, 10m wide, and 150 meters long. “This is the world’s first continuous printing 3D printer, and the largest 3D house printer in the world,” said Ma Yi He, CEO of WinSun, 3ders reported.

Also on display was a single-story printed house pre-ordered by the Egyptian government. Ma told reporters that Egypt had ordered 20,000 of these. (Egypt’s military rulers have promised to build a million affordable homes by 2020.)

WinSun estimated that 3D printing technology can save up to 60% on building materials, cut build time by up to 70%.

Labour costs are slashed by up to 80%, it says, adding that the method does away with the noise, dust and chaos generated by traditional building methods.

Monotonous ‘cookie-cutter’ style buildings can be avoided by using software to create bespoke designs, the company says.

WinSun’s printed five-story apartment building (Shanghai WinSun Decoration Design Engineering Co)

According to 3ders, WinSun used the villa unveiling to announce other business deals that could see its technique used around the world.

It said it had signed a deal with a company called Nile Sand Material Technology to establish factories in desert locations using a sand 3D printer developed by WinSun.

WinSun also signed contracts with Winsun Global, a joint venture consisting of WinSun and an unnamed American company. Over the next three years, they plan to set up factories in more than 20 countries to popularize 3D printed buildings, focussing on affordable housing for the Middle East and Africa.

Finally, WinSun announced a joint venture with China Railway 24th Bureau Group to build five factories in China, Mexico and Russia.

 

[cirr]

Winsun is going places。

 

[TaiShang]