Stunning images show the world's first freeform 3D-printed HOUSE which will be built this year
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- 05 Feb 2021
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From prosthetic limbs to sugar sculptures, 3D printing has already been used to create a range of incredibly detailed objects.
Now, designers are taking this further, and are planning to build the world’s first freeform 3D-printed house.
Designers from WATG will build a house called the ‘Curve Appeal’ this year, having won the Freeform Home Design Challenge in 2016.
The futuristic home will be the first of its kind, and features a complex blend of curved angles and glazed windows.
The Curve Appeal design is based on the ‘Case Study Houses’ developed from 1945-1966, which strived to reinvent the modern house using simple and cheap construction techniques.
A spokesperson for WATG said: “Employing many of the same modernist design principles, Curve Appeal is the next evolutionary step in modern residential design.”
To build the structure, 28 panels will be 3D-printed off-site, before being slotted together on-site to create two exterior walls, the roof and the interior core.
These four main sections will then be hoisted into place and joined together.
Once complete, the Curve Appeal home will have open and light-filled interior living spaces.
WATG is also using various strategies to keep the building temperate, including carefully locating windows to create a thru-draft.
This will help to keep the house warm in the winter, and cool in the summer.
It is hoped that the large expanses of glass will help to connect the occupants to the outside and to nature.
The house will be built in Chattanooga, Tennessee, although it is unclear who will live in it.
