China3D printingNet April 6th, the formerly homeless people have become the United States3D printingThe first resident of the micro-house. The 70-year-old Tim Shea now lives in a 400-square-foot house in Austin, Texas, which was printed by the construction technology company ICON.
In 2018, ICON showcased the first approved3D printingHousing, this is a joint project with the social housing non-profit organization “New Story” (New Story). A year later, the company printed a small house community in Mexico. Last year, they announced that they would build a village of six small houses in Austin’s “Community First” plan, a community of affordable housing for adults due to chronic homelessness. Now, GreenMatters reports that the community has its first member.
Shea moved into the first of six houses in September. This is a 400-square-foot “small house”. He rents for $300 a month.
Shea said: “When I found out that I would be the first to move into the United States3D printingI think it’s really great when I’m in the house. “
Shea’s new house was built using an ICON Vulcan II printer, a concrete printer capable of printing walls up to 8.5 feet high on foundations up to 28 feet wide. Vulcan is printed in ICON’s proprietary concrete mix Lavacrete, which has a compressive strength of 6,000 psi.
Tim and his new house. The walls of the house are made of multiple layers of Lavacrete (picture from ICON).
ICON made headlines last year, announcing their first “mainstream” housing development project in Austin, and completed a $35 million financing last year. However, according to the company, their ultimate goal is to solve the small houses needed by the homeless, which can be printed within 48 hours at a cost as low as $10,000.
ICON’s project is an example of “housing first” to solve the problem of long-term homelessness. Although the “housing-ready” method places homeless people in shelters and halfway houses until they are deemed “ready” for more permanent housing, the “housing first” method focuses on getting people into houses. Studies have shown that it is cheaper to provide housing for the homeless than to continue to send them away through the courts and medical system. A 2017 study conducted by RAND on the “Healthy Housing Program” in Los Angeles County showed that the county saved 20% by providing housing for people with complex mental health problems.
certainly,3D printingHousing is not a panacea for homelessness. Social housing experts say that the housing crisis is caused by treating housing as a commodity rather than a simple lack of buildings. However, projects like the development of ICON can still have a significant impact on everyone’s life.
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