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AdrianValistar t1_j8f2nic wrote

Reply to comment by TwentyLegs in Can 3-D Printing Help Solve the Housing Crisis? - Standard construction can be slow, costly, and inefficient. Machines might do it better. by speckz

They didnt have that type of technology in the 80s. Wait...what do you mean 15 years ago isnt 1983. I was born in 94 which is like 20 years ago now. No way I'm about to be 30.

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Grunblau t1_j8fycp3 wrote

I’ve seen some photos from the 50’s of ‘printed’ houses based on extruding concrete on simple arcs using a center pole as a pivot.

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Barabbas- t1_j8hjvob wrote

Most of those "houses" are glorified emergency shelters.

Ignoring the fact that concrete is one of the worst materials you can build with in terms of environmental impact, 3D printing doesn't solve the problem of building systems...

Electrical, plumbing, and sometimes even HVAC assemblies are typically housed in wall cavities. Building your walls out of a solid, homogeneous material leaves no space for these critical building systems, and even if they did, they would be impossible to maintain once the walls are closed up.

Additive manufacturing has its place in the AEC industry, but anyone claiming 3D printers will essentially replace traditional construction is selling you a lie.

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leyline t1_j8iihz8 wrote

You are further from the year 2000 than you were in 1980.

Ouch.

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