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This seems like the missing link to the concept of 3D printing large structures. Printing concrete in layers from the slab up to make walls seemed like it was jumping the gun a little. This seems entirely more reasonable - the finished structure will look more uniform and be made quicker as the primary material is formed offsite and delivered in bulk, ready to use.

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Dunno it feels like they invented the steam horse; laying briks after briks seems grossly inefficient when one could drop entire wall sections at once, especially if they start building them with self connecting piping

Brick construction is still a major selling point for homes in Perth (especially double-brick [1]).

I've seen pre-fabricated homes in mining towns up North, where labour costs are insanely high. While they look nice (and structurally sound), people still prefer the traditional house constructions.

[1] - http://www.anewhouse.com.au/2013/01/why-double-brick/

haha yeah - very cool - (maybe this has already been done) but I always thought it would be cool if 1000 people printed as many parts as they could, paid to send them somewhere to be built - and have kind of a habitat for humanity style situation.... but yeah living in a 3d printed house is probably pretty terrible(y dangerous) right now.

At UC Berkeley this semester they did something similar with a small army of subsidized printers, creating 840 8x8 "bricks" out of a proprietary concrete. More if your interested http://3dprintingindustry.com/2015/03/10/unveiling-bloom-the...

very cool, I will have to check it out next time I'm in the area

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