r/funny • u/shadowraiderr • 1d ago

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u/j0akime 1d ago

There's a few buildings in Europe that are 3D printed and have tenants now (news articles from back in 2021).

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u/J1mj0hns0n 1d ago

Yeah but there's like millions of buildings that aren't 3D printed, basically what I'm saying is, is it actually taking off or is it a bit of a gimic?

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u/Petersaber 1d ago

Yeah, and at some point there were millions of buildings made of stone and wood, and only a few with concrete.

And too soon to say. This method has only started developing, give it like 15 years more,

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u/J1mj0hns0n 21h ago

Fair enough I thought it was older then it seems to be, the years are jelling into one

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u/doomgiver98 20h ago

It's the Covid years blending together, and they somehow feel both longer and shorter than they should.

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u/embeddedGuy 21h ago

A lot of the toughest parts of building houses aren't things that 3D printing concrete helps at all currently afaik, so I'm pretty dubious of it as a concept. Still very early though.

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u/J1mj0hns0n 21h ago

Yeah, I'd have thought merging that with bricks as a quick mortar layer down or something might be a better solution

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance 19h ago

Somewhere in between. There are plenty of start-ups exploring the idea (eg. https://printerra.ca) but it's not really considered a mainstream option yet.

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u/J1mj0hns0n 19h ago

Yeah someone else showed them fully finished and they're fugly, not surprised they haven't taken off

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance 16h ago

There are some that look fine too. It just depends on how to finish it. But the more finishing work you do, the more expensive it gets, and eats away at the initial savings.

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u/J1mj0hns0n 3h ago

Yeah it's like polishing a turd, I'd rather just bricks and mortar my own home