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Re: Architecture and 3D Printing

PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 1:00 pm
by pjdixit
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25% of all Dubai buildings will be 3D printed by 2030 : http://khaleejtimes.com/business/real-e ... ed-by-2030

Re: Architecture and 3D Printing

PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 3:02 pm
by David A. Giesselman
Would love to see the size of the 3D printers they are developing!

Re: Architecture and 3D Printing

PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 3:37 pm
by pjdixit
The 3D Printer which printed World's first 3D Printed villa and tallest 3D printed building in China last year stands 6.6 meters high, 10 meters wide and 40 meters long (20 by 33 by 132 feet).

- http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150118- ... china.html
- http://www.archdaily.com/591331/chinese ... d-building

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I believe, skyscrapers will be built in modular fashion where certain sections can be 3D printed and assembled on the site. Something along this line: - http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/12/3 ... -printers/

This one has large printing zone of up to 630 square feet with virtually no height limitation - COMPACT APIS COR 3D PRINTER CONSTRUCTS BUILDINGS IN ONE DAY - https://3dprint.com/100229/apis-cor-3d- ... buildings/

Re: Architecture and 3D Printing

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 7:46 pm
by Mark Bell
We enquired at a 3D printing office down in Sydney (WWW.3DSYSTEMS.COM) which also sells the equipment as well as the service of printing 3D models. We'd be up 'from A$160K' for a printer....

...I'll still to sending clients a 3D O2C model instead....