The Italian company’s Wasp, since its origins in 2012 constantly aimed to the development of equipment for additive manufacturing on an architectural scale, has inagurated Gaia: the first 3D printed house with materials from the surrounding area. The company has composed a compound made of 25% of soil taken from the site, 40% from straw chopped rice, 25% rice husk and 10% hydraulic lime.
The wall printed in 3D was then finished internally with a shaving clay-lamina, smoothed and oiled with linseed oils. The structure, which takes the Vespa Vasaia as a model, could be printed in few weeks and it’s particularly efficient from a bioclimatic and healthy point of view, guaranting a lower environmental impact in the construction world.
The first 3D printed House with natural materials
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Europe - Italy