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when it comes to the technology and the The houses will be located in the
builders, but also with respect to design, Meerhoven district of Eindhoven. The
the municipality, the future occupant and location is called Bosrijk, and it is being
the landlord. When the first occupant developed as a ‘sculpture garden’, with
receives the key, there is a home that high-quality, ambitious architectural
meets the latest needs for comfort. Made projects placed as sculptures in a
sustainable and energy-efficient, but also continuous landscape. This sculpture
comfortable, light and quiet. And in garden is not just to look at, but also
fantastic wooded natural surroundings. to actively enjoy. The ultimate Forest
Ultimately, the project will complete Enthusiast is therefore an ‘urban cowboy’
five houses, with both printing technology or ‘city nomad’ who chooses his home
and home design becoming increasingly as a base for a dynamic life full of work,
complex, as one is built after the other. recreation and nature experience in a
If the ground floor is still being printed particularly scenic environment.
off-site, the 2-storey fifth home will In 2016 during the Dutch Design
be manufactured entirely on-site. The Week, the Municipality of Eindhoven
development of the 3D concrete printing and TU Eindhoven opted on the future
technique will therefore be beautifully by expressing the intention to build this
visible. More than an experiment, these house. In 2017, the cooperation took
houses are intended to be occupied for at shape and the business community joined:
least several decades. Vesteda, Saint-Gobain Weber Beamix,
The futuristic design from Houben / Witteveen + Bos and van Wijnen. As early
Van Mierlo architects has succeeded in as 2020, the first house will be delivered to
being timeless. The design results from the the first occupant.
typical possibilities of the new technique.
The 3D printing technique gives freedom What are we printing?
of form, whereas traditional concrete is Five houses will be built consecutively,
very rigid in shape. This freedom of form so every time innovations and all lessons
has been used here to make a design with learnt can be applied in the next house.
which the houses naturally blend into their The first house will be a single-floor,
wooded surroundings, like boulders. As 3-room house of 95 m2, with a wooden
if the five buildings were abandoned and roof structure. Printing will start in 2020
have always been in this wooded oasis. and the house is expected to be ready for

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