[ExI] This Hive-Like House Is 3D Printed, Carbon-Neutral, and Made of Clay

[John Grigg]

"For starters, as mentioned above, the house is built entirely from
material taken from the local terrain. You’re probably thinking, ok, sure,
I guess you can build a house from “local terrain” if that terrain happens
to be durable, moldable, non-toxic clay, and you live in an area that’s not
too hot, not too cold, and not too rainy.

But according to <https://www.3dwasp.com/en/3d-printed-house-tecla/> the
project’s creators, the house and its source materials are “adaptable to
any climate and context.” WASP is even selling what it calls a Maker
Economy Starter Kit <https://www.3dwasp.com/?page_id=19347>; it consists of
four 3D printers and a system for picking, mixing, and pumping local
materials to print with. The company hopes its technology will be used to
facilitate housing projects in remote areas.

Unlike other projects that use one printer on rails, this structure employs
two printers working simultaneously. Printing a TECLA house takes 200 hours
and uses 7,000 computer codes. The printed layers are 12 millimeters thick,
and you need 350 of them total. The volume of “natural materials” required
is listed as 60 cubic meters, and the energy consumed in the building
process is a mere 6 kilowatts."

https://singularityhub.com/2021/02/03/this-hive-like-house-is-3d-printed-carbon-neutral-and-made-of-clay/
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