Printed Building Concept - Home Model

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This is a game-changer in building construction. Printed buildings are becoming a reality, and it's not just about printing plastic on a large scale. The real potential lies in reducing labor costs, especially for areas that require specialized trades like electrical conduits, plumbing, and painting. By printing these features directly into the building, you can save time and money. Electrical boxes, gang boxes, and paint-free surfaces are just a few examples of what can be printed. Other features like gutters, insulation cavities, stairs, counters, sinks, and door/window framing can also be added to the mix. The plastic used for printing serves as a form that can be filled with concrete for added strength. This opens up new possibilities for architectural designs that were previously impractical or unfeasible. Here are some models related to this concept: Printed Building Concept Model: This is a house built in vertical sections, making it easier to simulate and test the design. The model has seven sections, including a roof, first floor, and second floor, all at a scale of 1:100. It's about 150mm x 150mm x 100mm in size. Printed Building Concept -- Wall Section Models: This model showcases the primary features of the printed building concept. It includes plastic as a print-in-place concrete form, printed piping, electrical conduit, boxes, and fixtures, labor-free finished surfaces, and labor-free gutters. Building Printer Concept Model - Parallel Print Bots: This design uses distributed print bots to parallel the printing effort. Each bot has two arms to guide hot ends, making it possible to print large areas quickly. The model is roughly 1/80 scale and includes improvements in version B of the STLs. Other Building Printer Concept Models: These models show two competing requirements: printing plastic in a large volume and achieving fine features like plumbing and conduit. They use a combination of delta and Cartesian movements to achieve this, but more details are needed to make it a reality.