Project milestone, completed the construction of five 3D printed houses.
Under this project in the city of Eindhoven in the Netherlands, 5 boulder-shaped 3D printed concrete houses were built. It has become the first lived in 3-D printed in the country after its tenants received keys on April 30. The 3D printed houses met all modern requirements and they were purchased and let out by real estate companies. Houses were made sustainably and are energy efficient, comfortable, light and quiet, built in wooden natural surroundings. This project completed 5 houses with printing technology and home design. If the ground floor is still being printed off-site, the two storey 5th home will be manufactured entirely on-site. The development of 3D concrete printing technique will therefore be beautifully visible.
Hauben/Van Mierlo architects completed their futuristic design within a limited time. The design showed that there were possibilities in the new techniques. The benefit of a 3D printed house over a traditional house is that it offers freedom of form while a traditional house has concrete which is rigid in shape. This advantage of a 3D printed house is used in Project Milestone to design houses that naturally blend into wooden surroundings as if the five buildings were abandoned and have always been in a wooded oasis.
Houses were built in the nearby district of Eindhoven. The location is called Bosrijk. Bosrijk is developed as a sculpture garden where we can witness high quality architectural projects placed on sculptures in a continuous landscape. The ultimate forest lover is one who chooses his home as a centre for a dynamic life full of work, recreation and nature experience in a very scenic environment. The municipality of Eindhoven and T U Einthoven revealed their intention to build this house in 2016 during Dutch design week. A year later the corporation took shape and the business community joined. The business group include Vesteda, Saint-Gobain, Weber Beamix, Witteveen+Bos and Van Wijnen.
What they printed?
Among the five houses built, the first one is a single floor, 3 room house of 95 metre square with a wooden roof structure. They planned the printing to be started in 2020 and the house was expected to be ready for occupation in mid 2020, the time between design and realisation of the first house was relatively long but that was expected to eventually decrease radically.
The remaining four houses are multi-storeyed. These have printed concrete floors and a concrete roof. All the five houses have foundations based on conventional concrete pouring technology. The design of the house is based on erratic blocks in a green landscape. The irregular shapes of buildings can be realised. This ability to construct almost any shape is the remarkable feature of 3D printing.
For decades concrete has been used in construction. But now, people are experimenting on 3D printing of concrete. This seems surprising because the finesse that comes with a printing does not fit with the plumber character of concrete. One of the main advantage of a concrete printer is that it has the ability to lay concrete only on places where it is needed constructively. But the traditionally poured concrete is solid and it contains more concrete than the required which will cause CO2 emissions. Since production of cement results in emission of greenhouse gases.
Another advantage is freedom of form. In traditional concrete pouring formwork is determined by the shape of concrete. But here very fine concrete structures are possible. Builders are able to make very minute concrete details as small as a pea, round, hollow or convex shapes when using concrete prints. This paves way to concrete buildings and constructions with completely new forms. Also, it is possible to print concrete with different types, quality and colours. Due to this feature a wall can be printed with all necessary functionalities. For instance, a wall made with the fibres of wire can act as an insulation and on the other side it can work as a dirt repellent, also on the inside layer, it provides pleasant acoustics. Moreover, such walls made of fibre wires contain the recesses and internal drainage pipes of waterproof concrete. Due to the above features the construction processes can never be time consuming. Also, it is easy to incorporate customers' ideas at economical prices.
For security purposes, some sensors like temperature sensor, sensor controlled lighting are used. It is possible to place these sensors in the right place during construction using concrete prints. These sensors can be incorporated directly into the printing process instead of placing it afterwards which helps to save money and time. By concrete printing the vibrations of poured concrete and the braiding of the steel reinforcement net can be reduced. This reduces the workload of professionals since traditional processing of concrete is heavy and demanding work.
Innovation
The aim of the project was to build 5 3D printed houses. But more than that, there was an ambition to boost 3D printing science and technology. The building parts of the first house were printed at Eindhoven University of Technology and the last house was printed by an on-site concrete printer. This helped to speed up the construction process since the printed elements were easier to put on the right spot without road transports.
Location of 3D printed houses by project milestone
The 3D printed houses are constructed in Bosrijk, which is a residential location in Eindhoven. The place is highly developed when it comes to sustainability, spatial and architectural quality. Bossrijk is the first location in Eindhoven that is not connected to the natural gas grid. Bossrijk is a particularly green space to live which is located in the middle of Meerboss, park Meerland and the Beatrix canal. This landscape helped in the development of this place into a residential area. Bossrijk is famous for its sculpture garden. Also the space around the houses is in fact the garden for the inhabitants of Bossrijk.
Cluster 16 is a place where a series of 3D printed houses are planned to be constructed in coming years. It is a 'mini cluster' within Bosrijk which is developing as a new residential area. The cluster is situated at the corner of the sliffertsestraat, the Bosfazant and the Bosuil. The whole area is surrounded by trees, therefore, for a viewer from outside, it looks like a green room in the landscape. So the municipality was looking for an out of box concept for this place.
Sradha Subash A
credits: 3dprintedhouse
Project milestone
Under this project in the city of Eindhoven in the Netherlands, 5 boulder-shaped 3D printed concrete houses were built. It has become the first lived in 3-D printed in the country after its tenants received keys on April 30. The 3D printed houses met all modern requirements and they were purchased and let out by real estate companies. Houses were made sustainably and are energy efficient, comfortable, light and quiet, built in wooden natural surroundings. This project completed 5 houses with printing technology and home design. If the ground floor is still being printed off-site, the two storey 5th home will be manufactured entirely on-site. The development of 3D concrete printing technique will therefore be beautifully visible.
Hauben/Van Mierlo architects completed their futuristic design within a limited time. The design showed that there were possibilities in the new techniques. The benefit of a 3D printed house over a traditional house is that it offers freedom of form while a traditional house has concrete which is rigid in shape. This advantage of a 3D printed house is used in Project Milestone to design houses that naturally blend into wooden surroundings as if the five buildings were abandoned and have always been in a wooded oasis.
Houses were built in the nearby district of Eindhoven. The location is called Bosrijk. Bosrijk is developed as a sculpture garden where we can witness high quality architectural projects placed on sculptures in a continuous landscape. The ultimate forest lover is one who chooses his home as a centre for a dynamic life full of work, recreation and nature experience in a very scenic environment. The municipality of Eindhoven and T U Einthoven revealed their intention to build this house in 2016 during Dutch design week. A year later the corporation took shape and the business community joined. The business group include Vesteda, Saint-Gobain, Weber Beamix, Witteveen+Bos and Van Wijnen.
What they printed?
Among the five houses built, the first one is a single floor, 3 room house of 95 metre square with a wooden roof structure. They planned the printing to be started in 2020 and the house was expected to be ready for occupation in mid 2020, the time between design and realisation of the first house was relatively long but that was expected to eventually decrease radically.
The remaining four houses are multi-storeyed. These have printed concrete floors and a concrete roof. All the five houses have foundations based on conventional concrete pouring technology. The design of the house is based on erratic blocks in a green landscape. The irregular shapes of buildings can be realised. This ability to construct almost any shape is the remarkable feature of 3D printing.
For decades concrete has been used in construction. But now, people are experimenting on 3D printing of concrete. This seems surprising because the finesse that comes with a printing does not fit with the plumber character of concrete. One of the main advantage of a concrete printer is that it has the ability to lay concrete only on places where it is needed constructively. But the traditionally poured concrete is solid and it contains more concrete than the required which will cause CO2 emissions. Since production of cement results in emission of greenhouse gases.
Another advantage is freedom of form. In traditional concrete pouring formwork is determined by the shape of concrete. But here very fine concrete structures are possible. Builders are able to make very minute concrete details as small as a pea, round, hollow or convex shapes when using concrete prints. This paves way to concrete buildings and constructions with completely new forms. Also, it is possible to print concrete with different types, quality and colours. Due to this feature a wall can be printed with all necessary functionalities. For instance, a wall made with the fibres of wire can act as an insulation and on the other side it can work as a dirt repellent, also on the inside layer, it provides pleasant acoustics. Moreover, such walls made of fibre wires contain the recesses and internal drainage pipes of waterproof concrete. Due to the above features the construction processes can never be time consuming. Also, it is easy to incorporate customers' ideas at economical prices.
For security purposes, some sensors like temperature sensor, sensor controlled lighting are used. It is possible to place these sensors in the right place during construction using concrete prints. These sensors can be incorporated directly into the printing process instead of placing it afterwards which helps to save money and time. By concrete printing the vibrations of poured concrete and the braiding of the steel reinforcement net can be reduced. This reduces the workload of professionals since traditional processing of concrete is heavy and demanding work.
Innovation
The aim of the project was to build 5 3D printed houses. But more than that, there was an ambition to boost 3D printing science and technology. The building parts of the first house were printed at Eindhoven University of Technology and the last house was printed by an on-site concrete printer. This helped to speed up the construction process since the printed elements were easier to put on the right spot without road transports.
Location of 3D printed houses by project milestone
The 3D printed houses are constructed in Bosrijk, which is a residential location in Eindhoven. The place is highly developed when it comes to sustainability, spatial and architectural quality. Bossrijk is the first location in Eindhoven that is not connected to the natural gas grid. Bossrijk is a particularly green space to live which is located in the middle of Meerboss, park Meerland and the Beatrix canal. This landscape helped in the development of this place into a residential area. Bossrijk is famous for its sculpture garden. Also the space around the houses is in fact the garden for the inhabitants of Bossrijk.
Cluster 16 is a place where a series of 3D printed houses are planned to be constructed in coming years. It is a 'mini cluster' within Bosrijk which is developing as a new residential area. The cluster is situated at the corner of the sliffertsestraat, the Bosfazant and the Bosuil. The whole area is surrounded by trees, therefore, for a viewer from outside, it looks like a green room in the landscape. So the municipality was looking for an out of box concept for this place.