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3D PRINTING

Saint-Gobain hands over keys to the world’s

first single-family home entirely 3d-printed

Bosrijk, Netherlands

aint-Gobain recently handed over less material, and can be built much faster,
the keys to the first residents in with more flexibility and customised and
SEindhoven - the Netherlands - of the renewed designs. The acceleration of this
first house made entirely of 3D-printed technology opens up new possibilities for
concrete. construction,” explains Bas Huysmans,
Saint-Gobain, through its Dutch CEO of Weber Benelux.
branch Saint-Gobain Weber Beamix,
has developed special high-tech mortars Project Milestone
for use in 3D printing and elaborated In the city of Eindhoven (the
the printing technology with Witteveen Netherlands) five 3D-printed concrete
+ Bos, a consulting and engineering houses will be built. The project is the
company. Other partners in this project world’s first commercial housing project
are the construction company Van based on 3D-concrete printing. The
Wijnen, the institutional investor Vesteda, houses will all be occupied, they will meet
the Eindhoven University of Technology all modern comfort requirements, and
and the municipality of Eindhoven. they will be purchased and let out by a real
“©Saint-Gobain 3D printing estate company.
enables more efficient and sustainable Project Milestone can rightly be seen
construction. These printed houses use as a milestone for many reasons. Not only

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