Belgian company Kamp C recently completed construction of its first two-story 3D printed house. The printing was done by a massive cement printer called BOD2 made by a company called COBOD (Construction of Buildings on Demand).
The house itself was printed in just 15 days and spread over several months to suit the timetables of the students working on the project.
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Construction began in November 2019 when the printer was delivered to the construction site and assembled using a crane. Human workers helped set up, maintain, and support the printer. Once operational, the BOD2 is fully autonomous and only requires one person to monitor the process from a nearby computer.
Since its completion, the 3D-printed two-story house has been located in Belgium next to the printer from which it emerged, so visitors can stop by and be amazed. Kamp C says it is hoping to turn the building into an office space for people to rent, or maybe one day a place for people to live.
This two-story marvel joins other exciting developments in the emerging field of 3D printing in construction, including the world's first 3D printed community, currently being built in a seismic zone in Mexico.
3D printing has the potential to make building more sustainable and living more affordable, but the potential benefits of this technology extend beyond building. According to Kamp C, one of his partners is developing a new method of building swimming pools with 3D printing. COBOD has partnered with GE Renewable Energy to help 3D print concrete bases for windmills, which GE says will lead to the construction of taller swimming pools, more efficient wind turbines.
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