While not being 3D printed, the Philippines has been building concrete homes for many years and they have many typhoons (their name for hurricanes) and they withstand the bad weather. Just wanted to mention it if you didn’t know.
Haha I just commented this too - it's common pretty much anywhere that deals with tropical storms. I'm from the South Pacific and it's the same here. Makes so much more sense than wood!
I would like to add that a lot of countries use cement for housing. From their point of view, using wood is weird to them just like using cement would be weird to us.
Absolutely. Most countries build concrete homes. Here we are building houses that are money pits. Concrete homes don't need constant remodeling like stick built.
Concrete construction is the norm in Germany while in the US wood frame housing is common. This has to do with resources and the US has a lot of trees that can be sustainably harvested and their scarcity in Germany means other materials have to be used in the construction if buildings. 3D printing is a new technology that promises to do for real estate what mass automation did for cars but bringing the price down won’t come until its mature so it won’t address the affordable housing crisis in the interim. Still, what the Woodbury U students did shows us what the future could look like. Thanks for the review! 😊
This is modern residential housing. I worked for a university that won this competition a few years ago, the ingenuity of the students who designed that house was amazing!
I LOVED this! I loved homes with curved walls and the exposed concrete on the inside - I would probably paint the outside though. It's actually super common in tropical areas to have concrete homes due to cyclones/hurricanes. In the Pacific Islands most buildings and homes are concrete. I love that it's sustainable, and it looks so much more solid and architectural than other prefab homes.
My neighborhood in Burbank has quite a few concrete bungalows from the early 1940s including mine. You are correct. Renovation is hard to impossible. Also hanging any item on the wall is an ordeal involving a hammer drill. It also retains heat in the summer. Sometimes I feel like I live in a bunker. But it is indeed very durable.
This was fascinating! I’ve been toying with the idea of building a concrete house for my next home. I have friends in Germany with concrete homes and they’ve been around for a long time. Anywho, congratulations to all of those involves in this project. Such a great professor and team of students!
I love the interior of the house but I would want to do something on the exterior walls to make it more attractive. Usually concrete buildings are poured and lifted walls and that could be done for homes too. Lots of desert homes are concrete blocks and stay cooler in summer heat. Love the video Shelby. You are so good at it and talented!❤
Good stuff as always Shelby! I do wonder if the title (sh?)ould’ve mentioned “Student Award winning NetZero 3D” etc. (I was personally impressed by that aspect). But always impressed how much stuff you keep bringing us ❤
Brick blocks, steel reinforcement in the walls and concrete are typical materials for building houses in Serbia. Wooden frame houses and dry walls are condsidered cheap and of lower quality houses here. However, I love the 'breathability' of the wooden frame house. You didn't mention how would they insulate the house in colder climates. Keep heat from entering the indoors works for California, but keeping heat in is also very important in colder regions.
From an engineer: The machine to lay the concrete needs vast improvement. Why does it take months to lay down walls? ("The rain" is a copout excuse. Did the machine often break down?). To be practical the shell should be laid in a week.
Possible correction: at 0:42 you said that the house was “net zero” meaning that it has zero net greenhouse gas emissions, but as Kishani says at 2:02, the home is “zero net energy” which roughly means that it produces as much electricity as it consumes. Similar-sounding terms but they mean something different. “Net zero” is more of a term that companies or countries use in their pledges, saying that they’re going to reduce their emissions and then either remove carbon from the air or pay others to avoid emissions so that their net impact is 0.
3D printers are not needed to construct homes out of concrete. In Europe we've been doing that since forever, mostly as the skeleton of the house. Renovation is indeed a lot more difficult :) I think the added value of 3D concrete printing is that allows for more design freedom.
@@miles5600 In my house all the load-bearing walls and the floors are massive concrete. There's no way I can smash that to pieces and replace it with drywall 😂The other walls are constructed from AAC blocks and this allowed the previous tenant to join the kitchen with the living room, but that's about the only remodel that's feasible without some major structural changes.
@@Jeroen74 not sure if you wanna smash load bearing walls in the first place. AAC blocks are smash able when you want then cleared and you can easily replace them with drywall, there’s nothing wrong with drywall either and it’s used everywhere cause of how strong it is and the ease of install.
They used student labor and free land so the cost isn’t really 1:1 in the real world vs this university setting, still an awesome project and great video.
Shelby, what an interesting video you shared today. You truly are the consummate professional. I loved all that you shared especially with insurance companies pulling out of states because of them not making profits anymore. Thank you!!!
Thank you Shelby for bringing to light the 3D printing techniques for houses! I think there should be more investment into it... Of course it's not so cheap right now, but all new technologies are expensive at first till they reach main adoption. I like that they mixed 3D printed concrete with timber beams and planks on the roof! Also, as an European I find it very strange that the USA is not used to build in concrete... especially in places like LA with many earthquakes and fires... We've been building with reinforced concrete since the 70s/80s at least... But we are actually going back to build more with wood/timber for sustainable reasons. Anyway, nice video!
Have you considered cross laminated timber? It has a better fire resistance than standard timber, add intumescent paint and you have a material with a good fire resistance level, a thought for Shelby✌️❤️🇬🇧
This is awesome, I’ve seen in other videos you’re looking for a property but would be good to see you do a project like this once it becomes more mainstream & accessible
I wasn't financial free until my 40’s and I’m still in my 40’s, bought my third house already, earn on a monthly through passive income, and got 4 out of 5 goals, just hope it encourages someone's that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any of them right now, you can start TODAY regardless your age INVEST and change your future! Investing in the financial market is a grand choice I made.
Concrete isn’t new in residential construction. Most of Europe uses concrete for housing in some form. In Eastern Europe you will see entire flat buildings made out of concrete.
The US is catching up to other countries which build using cement in the first place, but this implementation of 'printing' it is certainly kinda innovative!
My hesitation about concrete isn’t about aesthetics or durability, but the carbon impact of the material. Wood is typically a much more sustainable building material, but I would love to know if they are recycling concrete for use in the 3D printing mix to make it more sustainable!
I thought the R value for concrete was quite low because of how porous it actually is? wouldn't that actually make it less energy efficient than other materials? unless this concrete is formulated different or applied differently?
I find it interesting that people find it weird to use concrete to build. Almost all the houses and buildings in Jamaica are fully concrete. The newer constructions have dry wall but most houses here are built with cement blocks and concrete.
In terms of the environment, what impact do 3d printed concrete house have for a carbon footprint? Do you think you would consider in the future building one of these for a rental? What type of construction are you planning for the Joshua Tree house project? My last thoughts are, since homeowners in disaster prone areas are now subject to no or scarce home insurance, do you suppose the the US government would give tax rebates for new construction of concrete homes? Hopefully Uncle Sam will lower costs for builders of these types of homes, like you said prices over time will eventually become lower such as what happens with new electronic devices. I'm glad you tackled this project Shelby, you rock!
I HAD A 2006 HOUSE BUILT OUT OF CINDERBLOCKS 1750 SF. I TOTALLY PREFER CONCRETE WALLS OVER AWOOD FRAMED HOUSE. MY HOUSE IN JOSHUA TREE IS NOW AWOOD FRAM,ED HOUSE WITH STUCCO. AND IT SUCKS WOOD GETS WET AND YOUR SCREWED. OR A FIRE. OR TERMITES. WOOD ROTT
Love this video!! I would like to rent it on Airbnb. This design would make an excellent DADU (detached accessory dwelling unit) on an existing property.
I never understood the construction methods with wood and drywall in the US. My house in Brazil is made out of brick, concrete and steel to hold it all togheter. I can easily hang paintings on the wall, but knocking a wall down is close to impossible as you said, basically everything is structural. During 45°C (113°F) summer it keeps the heat out pretty well but in winter it gets quite cold inside.
In Germany, they build mainly concrete homes. Most people will tear down before renovating, since it’s so cumbersome. I prefer North American homes having lived in both, since concrete home don’t breath very well. You have to open the windows a lot to prevent mould build up. Probably the best would be a blend of both, North American and German style.
1st, where is the stove or other cooking device? 2nd, how would it handle a winter? Where I live we had a snow storm dump 65 inches in 60 hours. Build one where I live. ( I'll even volunteer to live in it) and let's find out how it does
For very low income housing needs, 3D printing them might be an alternative, but I'm seeing a very near future fast approaching where we'll see general purpose robot labor performing all of the tasks formerly performed by people. There's theoretically no limit to what upcoming Tesla Optimus robots will be able to do. They are stronger than people already, thanks to their new motor and "muscle" systems and with A.I. improvements, they'll be able to outwork any person.
Concrete is definitely not a negative compared to wood construction. Many of the high end luxury houses are concrete. However for the 3D printing to actually work it has to be a far more holistic process that does most of the house on its own. Just doing skeleton walls and the rest conventionally is indistinguishable from a normal process, likely worse with the current limitations. The novelty alone has no real value, it actually has to work. And like I've said before laser sintering of various powders is far more potent than pooping concrete. You can laser sinter sand for the bulk of structures, it has no cure time that requires human labor. Laser sinter metal powders for embedded electrical wires and rebar reinforcement, even floor heating and you print cavities for plumbing. It has to do the foundation, flooring, floor heating, ceiling and roof all in one process and that is quite easy to do. Windows is too hard to 3D print for now but if that's all you have to install manually to complete any house, that would be a huge step ahead. Concrete has been very useful but this is the laser age. It really could be very sophisticated constructions, far more fine grained that these concrete structures. You could do elaborate ceiling moldings and with the right laser technique the surface finish could be flawless. You probably wouldn't need to paint the walls with the right technique. Neither in or out. Just deposit white ceramic powder. It doesn't need to poop out a thick bead, there is no hurry to get it wrong. It doesn't matter if it's a 4 months print if it makes a magnificent house with zero labor and a bit of electricity and a bunch of dirt cheap sand. Sand is so cheap that you only pay for the transport of it. Imagine a 10000sqft immaculate home virtually for free except for windows, kitchen and flooring. The LA soil is not dirt cheap though.
In South Florida, where I live, it's against code to build a stick-built house. All houses down here have the outer walls built out of concrete block and concrete. Stick-built houses won't survive a hurricane. That's why you're not allowed to build one where I live. A 3D printed house may appear to be expensive. However, nine days to print the structure is very quick. As I said before, where I live, homes are build out of concrete block and concrete. Printing the structure might be faster than having workers build the house by hand. You'd have to look at the differences in the cost of labor, materials, and time saved by using 3D printing. When you look at all the variables, it might be more cost effective to print the structure.
What sort of soil and bearing capacity is general to the Florida region? i.e. do you require concrete piles / piers to support concrete slabs and walls or just deep footings?
i think overall its a great idea to use concrete . saves the planet from using the timber trees . and yes in the long run it will become cheaper . im wondering about excess rainwater is it going to a storage tank on the land . or is it stored in a underground tank tank under the foundations . ?
Most houses in Mexico are made out of concrete ofcourse its thick slabs unlike 3d printing but it's common and tbh me in America as a wood house owner its definitely a stronger structure than wood let alone insulation is better plus no worries of wood shrinking and or swelling ..❤
Woodbury is technically not in burbank its in los angeles the sun valley area. There is even a city sign in front of the school. The area has a burbank zip code
Concrete is one of the main producers of carbon dioxide so I don't know how substainable it is. Be brilliant if someone could event a different substance that could do this. Or even try to recycle concrete into the mix.
They actually did have a more sustainable approach but I cut it out of the video because it was getting long and that part is kind of niche, but I’ll find it and put in the description!
I am totally confused about the cost. Am I the only one hearing vastly different numbers and comparisons. Other than that a wonderful vlog. Great technology we all need to at least acknowledge
Concert per se does not do bettering an earthquake. A wood framed house does better because it is more flexible. In the 1973 Northridge, CA earth quake the majority of the building damage was concrete strutters like parking garages. A wood framed part building fell down but that was because the concrete foundations were subpar. All concrete buildings in LA Country had to undergo a retro fit to add special earthquake ties to prevent roofs on concrete tilt up buildings from falling because the concrete would crack instead of sway.. Framing a house and putting on siding goes relatively fast and is nit that expensive. Modern wood framed houses are more environmentally friendly than concrete. Trees are renewable and take very little power to cut down and mill. Mining, manufacturing, and transporting concrete uses a lot of carbon based power. In addition the most vulnerable part of a house in a wildfire isn't the sides of house, it is the roof.
I do like this house if I could cover the inside concrete walls. Using cement for houses certainly saves a lot of trees; however, cement production is a major producer of carbon dioxide. So, there are pros and cons in both using wood and cement.
Concrete houses are the norm, not the exception in a lot of the world and much better looking than these too. 3D printed houses feel like the whole EV scam all over again, trying to convince us something is better except it costs more and is less practical.
So that is the build cost? If so, you now need the profit margin for builder in addition to land. Great concept but at this point not the desperately needed affordable housing.
There's lots of gaps in the concrete. I can build one using binder blocks and concrete in like 4 day. Using ICF, maybe 2. Nothing wrong with doing it the way it have been done for centuries. This "printer", which is just a concrete pump. Just adds unnecessary time and cost.
I feel like the maximzation of this tech is not single family homes but large condo complexes or apartment complexes...To me that is likely the first step to lower the cost of the process and also the homes....
It's weird to me that fact that people build houses with wood, not concrete. Concrete makes much more sense and it's much safer for fire, earthquakes, tornados, etc. Wood homes are a very american thing. Most countries use bricks and concrete
The USA gets to catch up to the rest of the world. Concrete homes are superior homes to stick built homes all day long. Hurricane, tornado, fire, earthquake, pest and mold resistant. They are cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. Less to insure as well, since it's a better home. With 3D printing there's also the design freedom. I can't wait for the day when the concrete home is common here in the USA. It's sad and extremely common to watch people spend their retirement on remodeling their stick built house. Imagine having a log cabin made from concrete (looks just like real logs) that doesn't burn down, and no trees harmed😍😍. This is the future here in the USA. Move over stick built, concrete's coming through.
I can inform you all that concrete building is a technology that is dying or needs to be reinvented. Maybe concrete as a material of building houses is new to United States. But it is very normal and the standard in building houses in Scandinavia and Europe as well. Even though it looks like we have many brick , They are actually concrete houses with a brick facade. The issue, however, is the fact that Concrete is made with the use of sand and send as a natural resource is starting to disappear. And it is disappearing because we have been using sand for concrete for so long now. The solution most likely is using concrete only where it is absolutely necessary, and using other materials elsewhere in a clever way.
While not being 3D printed, the Philippines has been building concrete homes for many years and they have many typhoons (their name for hurricanes) and they withstand the bad weather. Just wanted to mention it if you didn’t know.
Here in the Caribbean concrete homes are quite common as well
Haha I just commented this too - it's common pretty much anywhere that deals with tropical storms. I'm from the South Pacific and it's the same here. Makes so much more sense than wood!
Here in Australia too
@@AmoniD285 I was going to comment this. And also was looking for a comment like this. Thanks.
I guess its coming too pass.
I would like to add that a lot of countries use cement for housing. From their point of view, using wood is weird to them just like using cement would be weird to us.
My country uses cement + ceramic bricks
They do not use cement, they use concrete.
Cement is the only way if you want any sort of peace from trucklords.
Absolutely. Most countries build concrete homes. Here we are building houses that are money pits. Concrete homes don't need constant remodeling like stick built.
Concrete construction is the norm in Germany while in the US wood frame housing is common. This has to do with resources and the US has a lot of trees that can be sustainably harvested and their scarcity in Germany means other materials have to be used in the construction if buildings. 3D printing is a new technology that promises to do for real estate what mass automation did for cars but bringing the price down won’t come until its mature so it won’t address the affordable housing crisis in the interim. Still, what the Woodbury U students did shows us what the future could look like. Thanks for the review! 😊
This is modern residential housing. I worked for a university that won this competition a few years ago, the ingenuity of the students who designed that house was amazing!
I LOVED this! I loved homes with curved walls and the exposed concrete on the inside - I would probably paint the outside though. It's actually super common in tropical areas to have concrete homes due to cyclones/hurricanes. In the Pacific Islands most buildings and homes are concrete. I love that it's sustainable, and it looks so much more solid and architectural than other prefab homes.
I would 1000% buy one. Love the modernity, and I hate large houses. Perfect combo.
My neighborhood in Burbank has quite a few concrete bungalows from the early 1940s including mine. You are correct. Renovation is hard to impossible. Also hanging any item on the wall is an ordeal involving a hammer drill. It also retains heat in the summer. Sometimes I feel like I live in a bunker. But it is indeed very durable.
I used to be a bubly girl, and then Shelby switched me to a spindrift girl! Funny to see the bubly add in!
This was fascinating! I’ve been toying with the idea of building a concrete house for my next home. I have friends in Germany with concrete homes and they’ve been around for a long time. Anywho, congratulations to all of those involves in this project. Such a great professor and team of students!
I love the interior of the house but I would want to do something on the exterior walls to make it more attractive. Usually concrete buildings are poured and lifted walls and that could be done for homes too. Lots of desert homes are concrete blocks and stay cooler in summer heat. Love the video Shelby. You are so good at it and talented!❤
😢you can imagine how am I supposed to get to the point 😊
Fascinating concept. The only downside seems to be that “raw” cement would be a huge dust collector and impossible to clean.
Good stuff as always Shelby! I do wonder if the title (sh?)ould’ve mentioned “Student Award winning NetZero 3D” etc. (I was personally impressed by that aspect).
But always impressed how much stuff you keep bringing us ❤
Also that is so new, the subtle bubly placement in the middle of the video, seeing it less intrusive than the Garnier placement a few videos back
Brick blocks, steel reinforcement in the walls and concrete are typical materials for building houses in Serbia. Wooden frame houses and dry walls are condsidered cheap and of lower quality houses here. However, I love the 'breathability' of the wooden frame house.
You didn't mention how would they insulate the house in colder climates. Keep heat from entering the indoors works for California, but keeping heat in is also very important in colder regions.
From an engineer: The machine to lay the concrete needs vast improvement. Why does it take months to lay down walls? ("The rain" is a copout excuse. Did the machine often break down?). To be practical the shell should be laid in a week.
Possible correction: at 0:42 you said that the house was “net zero” meaning that it has zero net greenhouse gas emissions, but as Kishani says at 2:02, the home is “zero net energy” which roughly means that it produces as much electricity as it consumes. Similar-sounding terms but they mean something different. “Net zero” is more of a term that companies or countries use in their pledges, saying that they’re going to reduce their emissions and then either remove carbon from the air or pay others to avoid emissions so that their net impact is 0.
OH okay yes that makes much more sense
3D printers are not needed to construct homes out of concrete. In Europe we've been doing that since forever, mostly as the skeleton of the house. Renovation is indeed a lot more difficult :) I think the added value of 3D concrete printing is that allows for more design freedom.
Agree. Although 3d printing allows for a lot less waste of materials.
renovations aren't more difficult. they normally don't rebuild a wall so they smash it to pieces first and then replace it with drywall.
@@miles5600 In my house all the load-bearing walls and the floors are massive concrete. There's no way I can smash that to pieces and replace it with drywall 😂The other walls are constructed from AAC blocks and this allowed the previous tenant to join the kitchen with the living room, but that's about the only remodel that's feasible without some major structural changes.
@@Jeroen74 not sure if you wanna smash load bearing walls in the first place. AAC blocks are smash able when you want then cleared and you can easily replace them with drywall, there’s nothing wrong with drywall either and it’s used everywhere cause of how strong it is and the ease of install.
love the spotlighting of a net zero house!! Super cool! Would love to see more super efficient/net zero buildings!
They used student labor and free land so the cost isn’t really 1:1 in the real world vs this university setting, still an awesome project and great video.
Shelby, what an interesting video you shared today. You truly are the consummate professional. I loved all that you shared especially with insurance companies pulling out of states because of them not making profits anymore. Thank you!!!
that house is pretty dope. I think these types of properties will be more in demand as affordability crisis gets worse.
Nice meeting you in Austin, Shelby!!! Great video as always!
Wild! Love that you’re keeping us all up to speed Shelby!
HOW ARE YOU SHOWING US THINGS WE NEVER KNEW BEFORE? youre the best shelby church
And they go up soooo quickly!
Surprised this doesn't have more views, as it's interesting and relevant. Maybe the algorithm? They're probably the way of the future
Thank you Shelby for bringing to light the 3D printing techniques for houses! I think there should be more investment into it... Of course it's not so cheap right now, but all new technologies are expensive at first till they reach main adoption. I like that they mixed 3D printed concrete with timber beams and planks on the roof!
Also, as an European I find it very strange that the USA is not used to build in concrete... especially in places like LA with many earthquakes and fires... We've been building with reinforced concrete since the 70s/80s at least... But we are actually going back to build more with wood/timber for sustainable reasons.
Anyway, nice video!
They seem to hold up pretty fine, just before 3:37 . There’s a condo in Seaside Florida that has a different answer.
Second, great video Shelby!
Have you considered cross laminated timber? It has a better fire resistance than standard timber, add intumescent paint and you have a material with a good fire resistance level, a thought for Shelby✌️❤️🇬🇧
This is awesome, I’ve seen in other videos you’re looking for a property but would be good to see you do a project like this once it becomes more mainstream & accessible
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I love your interview style videos! I'm a journalist, so I like seeing the interviews and storytelling aspects.
This was a well-done and very interesting video that deserves a lot more views.
very cool, lots of innovative options in the housing market. Keep it up !
This is great, great video too - I would like to check this out next time I am in Burbank
Love it. Also interested in other building materials...strawbale, sugarcrete, hemp block....
Hell yeah i would live in a 3D printed home. Heck, I'll live in the one in your video. I like its unique layout and i live alone anyway!
I grew up in the concrete jungle (aka, São Paulo, Brasil). I love concrete! I'd live in it!
I wasn't financial free until my 40’s and I’m still in my 40’s, bought my third house already, earn on a monthly through passive income, and got 4 out of 5 goals, just hope it encourages someone's that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any of them right now, you can start TODAY regardless your age INVEST and change your future! Investing in the financial market is a grand choice I made.
The drone shot makes the foundation look like something else. 😂
Concrete isn’t new in residential construction. Most of Europe uses concrete for housing in some form. In Eastern Europe you will see entire flat buildings made out of concrete.
We built a light weight concrete house in 1992 it had an R9 fire rating and was used as a community haven in the black friday fires
The US is catching up to other countries which build using cement in the first place, but this implementation of 'printing' it is certainly kinda innovative!
My hesitation about concrete isn’t about aesthetics or durability, but the carbon impact of the material. Wood is typically a much more sustainable building material, but I would love to know if they are recycling concrete for use in the 3D printing mix to make it more sustainable!
I thought the R value for concrete was quite low because of how porous it actually is? wouldn't that actually make it less energy efficient than other materials? unless this concrete is formulated different or applied differently?
I find it interesting that people find it weird to use concrete to build. Almost all the houses and buildings in Jamaica are fully concrete. The newer constructions have dry wall but most houses here are built with cement blocks and concrete.
In terms of the environment, what impact do 3d printed concrete house have for a carbon footprint? Do you think you would consider in the future building one of these for a rental? What type of construction are you planning for the Joshua Tree house project?
My last thoughts are, since homeowners in disaster prone areas are now subject to no or scarce home insurance, do you suppose the the US government would give tax rebates for new construction of concrete homes? Hopefully Uncle Sam will lower costs for builders of these types of homes, like you said prices over time will eventually become lower such as what happens with new electronic devices. I'm glad you tackled this project Shelby, you rock!
Location will totally bring the price up. Nice house. Like he said hopefully the cost of building will go down and maybe they'll get more buyers.
I HAD A 2006 HOUSE BUILT OUT OF CINDERBLOCKS 1750 SF. I TOTALLY PREFER CONCRETE WALLS OVER AWOOD FRAMED HOUSE. MY HOUSE IN JOSHUA TREE IS NOW AWOOD FRAM,ED HOUSE WITH STUCCO. AND IT SUCKS WOOD GETS WET AND YOUR SCREWED. OR A FIRE. OR TERMITES. WOOD ROTT
It's almost like the Flintstones house. LOL!
yabba dabba doo
Love this video!! I would like to rent it on Airbnb. This design would make an excellent DADU (detached accessory dwelling unit) on an existing property.
great stuff shelby
I never understood the construction methods with wood and drywall in the US. My house in Brazil is made out of brick, concrete and steel to hold it all togheter. I can easily hang paintings on the wall, but knocking a wall down is close to impossible as you said, basically everything is structural.
During 45°C (113°F) summer it keeps the heat out pretty well but in winter it gets quite cold inside.
In Germany, they build mainly concrete homes. Most people will tear down before renovating, since it’s so cumbersome. I prefer North American homes having lived in both, since concrete home don’t breath very well. You have to open the windows a lot to prevent mould build up. Probably the best would be a blend of both, North American and German style.
1 tool and time for renovations.... concrete saw. btw liked the video 👍
1st, where is the stove or other cooking device?
2nd, how would it handle a winter? Where I live we had a snow storm dump 65 inches in 60 hours. Build one where I live. ( I'll even volunteer to live in it) and let's find out how it does
For very low income housing needs, 3D printing them might be an alternative, but I'm seeing a very near future fast approaching where we'll see general purpose robot labor performing all of the tasks formerly performed by people. There's theoretically no limit to what upcoming Tesla Optimus robots will be able to do. They are stronger than people already, thanks to their new motor and "muscle" systems and with A.I. improvements, they'll be able to outwork any person.
Can I just hang out with you and see how you make all this content? I don't understand how you put content this good out non-stop.
Concrete is definitely not a negative compared to wood construction. Many of the high end luxury houses are concrete. However for the 3D printing to actually work it has to be a far more holistic process that does most of the house on its own. Just doing skeleton walls and the rest conventionally is indistinguishable from a normal process, likely worse with the current limitations. The novelty alone has no real value, it actually has to work. And like I've said before laser sintering of various powders is far more potent than pooping concrete. You can laser sinter sand for the bulk of structures, it has no cure time that requires human labor. Laser sinter metal powders for embedded electrical wires and rebar reinforcement, even floor heating and you print cavities for plumbing. It has to do the foundation, flooring, floor heating, ceiling and roof all in one process and that is quite easy to do. Windows is too hard to 3D print for now but if that's all you have to install manually to complete any house, that would be a huge step ahead. Concrete has been very useful but this is the laser age. It really could be very sophisticated constructions, far more fine grained that these concrete structures. You could do elaborate ceiling moldings and with the right laser technique the surface finish could be flawless. You probably wouldn't need to paint the walls with the right technique. Neither in or out. Just deposit white ceramic powder. It doesn't need to poop out a thick bead, there is no hurry to get it wrong. It doesn't matter if it's a 4 months print if it makes a magnificent house with zero labor and a bit of electricity and a bunch of dirt cheap sand. Sand is so cheap that you only pay for the transport of it. Imagine a 10000sqft immaculate home virtually for free except for windows, kitchen and flooring. The LA soil is not dirt cheap though.
In South Florida, where I live, it's against code to build a stick-built house. All houses down here have the outer walls built out of concrete block and concrete. Stick-built houses won't survive a hurricane. That's why you're not allowed to build one where I live.
A 3D printed house may appear to be expensive. However, nine days to print the structure is very quick. As I said before, where I live, homes are build out of concrete block and concrete. Printing the structure might be faster than having workers build the house by hand. You'd have to look at the differences in the cost of labor, materials, and time saved by using 3D printing. When you look at all the variables, it might be more cost effective to print the structure.
What sort of soil and bearing capacity is general to the Florida region? i.e. do you require concrete piles / piers to support concrete slabs and walls or just deep footings?
Did you use ai to place the bubly advert behind you in the interview? Just curious
Yes, it's in the description box what tool she used for that 👍
@@Jeroen74 ahh I figured just didn’t check, Thanks!
What happens on a hot day will your house start melting or warping
If i could be there ,then i would be live happly forever😍
i think overall its a great idea to use concrete . saves the planet from using the timber trees . and yes in the long run it will become cheaper . im wondering about excess rainwater is it going to a storage tank on the land . or is it stored in a underground tank tank under the foundations . ?
concrete is used residential building a long time ago. but us is getting new.
3:35 hahah, oh man, USA, a "lol" wasnt enough
nice video
Concrete homes is the norm in Puerto Rico who is constantly being hit by hurricanes
Yep true fellow Puerto Rican 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
Most houses in Mexico are made out of concrete ofcourse its thick slabs unlike 3d printing but it's common and tbh me in America as a wood house owner its definitely a stronger structure than wood let alone insulation is better plus no worries of wood shrinking and or swelling ..❤
Dang, that's like 1/4th the size of my basement.
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Woodbury is technically not in burbank its in los angeles the sun valley area. There is even a city sign in front of the school. The area has a burbank zip code
Concrete is one of the main producers of carbon dioxide so I don't know how substainable it is. Be brilliant if someone could event a different substance that could do this. Or even try to recycle concrete into the mix.
They actually did have a more sustainable approach but I cut it out of the video because it was getting long and that part is kind of niche, but I’ll find it and put in the description!
Concrete is recycled.
I am totally confused about the cost. Am I the only one hearing vastly different numbers and comparisons. Other than that a wonderful vlog. Great technology we all need to at least acknowledge
Concert per se does not do bettering an earthquake. A wood framed house does better because it is more flexible. In the 1973 Northridge, CA earth quake the majority of the building damage was concrete strutters like parking garages. A wood framed part building fell down but that was because the concrete foundations were subpar. All concrete buildings in LA Country had to undergo a retro fit to add special earthquake ties to prevent roofs on concrete tilt up buildings from falling because the concrete would crack instead of sway.. Framing a house and putting on siding goes relatively fast and is nit that expensive. Modern wood framed houses are more environmentally friendly than concrete. Trees are renewable and take very little power to cut down and mill. Mining, manufacturing, and transporting concrete uses a lot of carbon based power. In addition the most vulnerable part of a house in a wildfire isn't the sides of house, it is the roof.
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How would you hang something?
250K is not cheap for the rest of the world
I do like this house if I could cover the inside concrete walls. Using cement for houses certainly saves a lot of trees; however, cement production is a major producer of carbon dioxide. So, there are pros and cons in both using wood and cement.
Concrete is not new for residential buildings? My house in NJ is 150 years old, and the basement walls are all concrete.
Concrete houses are the norm, not the exception in a lot of the world and much better looking than these too. 3D printed houses feel like the whole EV scam all over again, trying to convince us something is better except it costs more and is less practical.
Rome was built in concrete and some of it is still standing.
True
You have a great voice
So that is the build cost? If so, you now need the profit margin for builder in addition to land. Great concept but at this point not the desperately needed affordable housing.
It's funny that ''concrete houses'' is considered a new concept, whereas in Europe most of our houses are brick and concrete xD.
Why they didn't paint the concrete? :)
Its a display and teaching example. You wouldnt want to cover that up with paint in this situation.
Nice
Which drone are you using? I'm planning on taking aerial photographs for real estate agents. I think DJI is the best since I bought mine.
She has a DJI Mavic 3 👍
what are the cons?
$581 per square foot, that's insanely expensive.
There's lots of gaps in the concrete.
I can build one using binder blocks and concrete in like 4 day.
Using ICF, maybe 2.
Nothing wrong with doing it the way it have been done for centuries. This "printer", which is just a concrete pump. Just adds unnecessary time and cost.
Over 90% of houses here in Jamaica are built with concrete and steel, it's just new for Americans.
It all sounds great until you think about how much CO2 concrete emits while it cures. I hope the college mentioned that problem with the technique.
I feel like the maximzation of this tech is not single family homes but large condo complexes or apartment complexes...To me that is likely the first step to lower the cost of the process and also the homes....
It's weird to me that fact that people build houses with wood, not concrete.
Concrete makes much more sense and it's much safer for fire, earthquakes, tornados, etc.
Wood homes are a very american thing. Most countries use bricks and concrete
Canada's no different than the U.S. Pretty well every home is made of wood.
HOLY CRAP? A million dollars? This is not helping our country from struggling so bad 👎 😫 😢.
The USA gets to catch up to the rest of the world. Concrete homes are superior homes to stick built homes all day long. Hurricane, tornado, fire, earthquake, pest and mold resistant. They are cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. Less to insure as well, since it's a better home. With 3D printing there's also the design freedom. I can't wait for the day when the concrete home is common here in the USA. It's sad and extremely common to watch people spend their retirement on remodeling their stick built house. Imagine having a log cabin made from concrete (looks just like real logs) that doesn't burn down, and no trees harmed😍😍. This is the future here in the USA. Move over stick built, concrete's coming through.
they should paint the walls or something, looks messy (not in a deliberate way)
I can inform you all that concrete building is a technology that is dying or needs to be reinvented. Maybe concrete as a material of building houses is new to United States. But it is very normal and the standard in building houses in Scandinavia and Europe as well. Even though it looks like we have many brick , They are actually concrete houses with a brick facade. The issue, however, is the fact that Concrete is made with the use of sand and send as a natural resource is starting to disappear. And it is disappearing because we have been using sand for concrete for so long now. The solution most likely is using concrete only where it is absolutely necessary, and using other materials elsewhere in a clever way.