Building a theatre by script can be both time - consume and costly — so some homebuilders are now automate part of the construction process .
The homebuilding startup ICON utilise a 3D - printing robot that can make part for houses . The car can impress the wall , roof , and level of a 650 - square - foot model in as little as 12 60 minutes . A worker then total the windows , doors , plumbing , and electric systems .
As The Verge notes , ICON debuted a prototype of the theatre at this year ’s SXSW fete in Austin , Texas . Partnering with the international nonprofit New Story , the society plans to build dozens more for low - income community of interests in El Salvador by the end of 2019 .
Check out the home below .
The single - story house sport a wraparound patio .
Inside , it has a living way …
… a small office blank …
… a sleeping room …
… and a bathroom .
To build the house , the printer — call the Vulcan — lay down layer of concrete one by one .
A worker then add the finishes , plumbing system , and electric system . The whole outgrowth take on 12 hours to one mean solar day .
Source : The sceptre
The Vulcan printer can reconstruct a home plate that measures up to 800 substantial feet .
New Story and ICON are n’t the first to 3D print a house . AsBusiness Insider reported last class , the Ukrainian lodging startup PassivDom has created a 3D printer that can fabricate a 410 - square - foot solar - powered home within eight 60 minutes .
New Story and ICON designed this house for masses in the developing earthly concern . They say the 3D - print process costs much less , is quicker , and produces less waste than traditional building .
They see it as one way to help alleviate the global affordable - living accommodations crisis , Alexandria Lafci , a founder of New Story , secern The Verge .
Though the model below costs $ 10,000 in materials , the God Almighty trust to reduce that figure to $ 4,000 . They plan to produce 100 houses in El Salvador by next year .
finally , New Story and ICON may also sell the homes in the United States .
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