The first-ever house in Florida to be built with 3-D printing technology now sits in Tallahassee’s Griffin Heights neighborhood. A ribbon reducing for the distinctive residence befell on October 14.
The inside and outside partitions of the just-over-1,400 sq. foot construction had been built up in layers of concrete, laid down by a pc managed extrusion head mounted on a big gantry. It’s a building that Kyndra Light, co-owner of Precision Building and Renovating, defined is extremely sturdy.
“Right now you’re looking at 13 inches of solid steel and concrete. It’s a bunker!” she chuckled.
She added it is also 20 % cheaper than conventional constructing strategies. That had City Commissioner Curtis Richardson interested by extra reasonably priced housing in challenged neighborhoods. Like Griffin Heights.
“This is another tool in the toolbox and we really appreciate them bringing it to Tallahassee and this neighborhood in particular, which is a traditional African-American neighborhood that is in dire need of this kind of infusion of new housing stock.”
On the drafting board is a mini-neighborhood of possibly 20 3-D printed homes to additional drive down the price of building by means of economies of scale.