3D printed houses

3D printed houses are a thing… and affordable

Having a roof over your head is one of the basic needs of being human, but over 1-billion people in the world do not have it according to a report from the Ross Center for Sustainable Cities of the World Resources Institute.

To try to solve this serious reality in some of the poorest cities of the planet, the construction technology startup ICON and the non-profit organization New Story, recently presented their version of a 3D printed house at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.

The model measures around 60 square meters and consists of a . . .