Print a house with a 3D printer

The Real Estate sector is expanding its capabilities and now the ability to print a house with a 3D printer became real. Three-dimensional printing, sometimes called additive manufacturing, is the process of creating three dimensional solid objects from a digital file. Currently, 3D printing is often used in Real Estate as a way of creating scale models for new projects. However, there were also successful experiments with real 3D buildings. For example, the building at Winsun Shanghai is a 5-floor building that was printed using a 3D printer and was built at a speed of one floor a day, with a total cost of only 160 000 dollars.

Another interesting example is the Ukrainian startup PassivDom, which became the world’s first prototype of an autonomous house, printed on a 3D printer and that you can take with you when you travel. Self-contained house PassivDom does not require connection to electricity, gas or water supply, but residents continue to enjoy all the achievements of communal civilization. The house has furniture, fully equipped kitchen, Sonos sound system, camera and Nest thermostat projector with a 100-inch screen, Internet, “smart” door lock. Also in PassivDom operate 24 intelligent subsystems, which, in particular, control the quality of air, oxygen and carbon dioxide, provide water quality and salinity, antibacterial and anti-virus protection of drinking water and air, have anti-allergic filters.

3D printing will help to build up uninhabited areas. There are areas in every city that can not be built up because there is little space for cranes, or for any other reason. 3D printing can be used for the construction of houses or Real Estate in these areas.

3D printing allows to:

• to reduce the cost of construction
• use local materials
• to save time
• to use minimum space for construction

Can we consider 3-D printing to be the future of Real Estate?

Many companies are slowly moving to the side of additive manufacturing and experimenting with different methods to generate processes that benefit the real estate industry. Since the software for digital design continues to evolve, the desktop 3D printers are becoming more affordable, experts say that 3D printing will be an attractive alternative to mass production in Real Estate and beyond. And to look even further, futurists predict that home can be almost 100% 3D printed, and we can even potentially live in underwater cities in 100 years – in part thanks to 3D printing.

3D printing can be part of a revolution in the Real Estate industry. Thanks to this technology, it is possible to make cost-effective homes with less time, money and labor. Real Estate 3D printing will not be limited to small buildings. Dubai plans to build 25% of its buildings using adaptive production by 2030. Dubai also has the first building built using a 3D printer, which took just 17 days and 18 people to build.

Can this be considered as a breakthrough in Real Estate? Definitely yes! With this technology it becomes possible to build more intricate and complex structures, attracting more customers. Due to the reduction in construction costs and subsequently on the finished building, people will have the opportunity to purchase more Real Estate.