Europe's largest 3D-printed social housing complex completed in France in 34 days
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By Adam Williams
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Summary
Europe's largest 3D-printed apartment building was completed in France, containing 12 social housing apartments across three floors. The printing process took only 34 days using a COBOD BOD2 3D printer by PERI 3D Construction, for developer Plurial Novilia and designer HOBO Architecture. The building sits next to a similar traditionally-constructed building by the same developer, highlighting the speed advantage of 3D printing technology in construction.
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· 3 pulledEurope's largest 3D-printed apartment building has been completed in France.
Containing 12 social housing apartments spread across three floors, the project's printing process was carried out in just 34 days.
It's positioned next to another very similar building by the same developer, which was constructed using traditional techniques
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