Contour crafting: not a bug, but a feature of modern architecture (Vol. 2)
It is worth saying that the technology of contour crafting has several methods. Who missed what innovation are we talking about, you can read here. So, the methods are printing an entire item, printing large-block elements and printing small parts (blocks).
To date, the most successful example of the on-site printing method of contour building technology is the Chinese company ShanghaiWinsun, which has become a pioneer in this field of construction and already has successful examples of houses of this technology. Tap here to see how it works.
Their invention is capable of printing a house of approximately 6.4 m high and 9.75 m wide. Initially, the company introduced only a few single-story residential buildings, the construction of which took 24 hours.
The built printer was refueled with cement and construction waste, which has a positive effect on the environment. In order to abandon formwork, a hardener was added to the mixture. Soon, a printer was built, producing individual solid blocks of future houses, which were waled with reinforcement and supplemented with heat-insulating materials, then mounted on the spot. The walls of such houses are almost hollow, and the strength and stability of the structure give a zigzag mixture flow inside such walls.
The method of printing small parts involves printing individual blocks for construction. The manufacture of such modules requires minimal material, labor and financing costs. Blocks have through perforation to facilitate the finished product and save material.
Researchers at the Sabin Design Laboratory at Cornell University have decided that printing ceramic bricks are more profitable than building an entire house.
They decided to abandon traditional adhesives. Polybrick bricks (ceramic bricks) are designed in such a way that the force of gravity connects all the structural parts together, taking into account the classic carpentry technology.
The AMT-SPETSAVIA (in rus. `АМТ-СПЕЦАВИА`) group of companies took up the method of printing large-block parts (printing various large elements in the workshop and their further assembly at the construction site; making a building box, cylindrical and arched structures; decorative elements and towers).
Construction of the house began in 2015. The box of the building was printed in parts and mounted on the foundation in one month in December 2015. In the summer of 2017, the roof was completed and the bulk of the interior finishing work was carried out. The house is connected to all utilities and is ready to move in.
The peculiarity of this project is that the house was not built for the purpose of presentation, but is residential and fully livable.
The construction complies with the rules and regulations of individual housing construction. To this end, all construction stages inherent in other construction technologies used today have been completed: a project has been completed, a building permit has been obtained, a TIB passport has been issued.
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