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3D-Printed Public Housing Unveiled in France (reuters.com)

Researchers have unveiled what they billed as the world's first 3D-printed house to serve as a home in the French city of Nantes, with the first tenants due to move in by June. From a report: Academics at the University of Nantes who led the project said it was the first house built in situ for human habitation using a robot 3D-printer. The robot, known as BatiPrint3D, uses a special polymer material that should keep the building insulated effectively for a century. It took BatiPrint3D around 18 days to complete its part of the work on the house - creating hollow walls that were subsequently filled with concrete for insulation. The 95 square meter (1000 square feet), five-room house will be allocated to a local family which qualifies for social housing, authorities said.

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  1. The only thing you care about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The pictures and short construction movie:
    https://www.3ders.org/articles...

  2. 1,000 words by SlaveToTheGrind · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hard to believe an article like this wouldn't have a link to a single picture. Here's an article from last year with some pictures and more details of the process.