Nicola Davison ~ 3D-Printed Cities: Is This The Future?

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WinSun’s 3D-printed building in Suzhou industrial park. Photograph: Imaginechina/Corbis

WinSun’s 3D-printed building in Suzhou industrial park. Photograph: Imaginechina/Corbis

The words “we print architecture’s future” adorn the wall of a showroom on the outskirts of Suzhou, a rapidly urbanising city in eastern China. Arranged around the room are samples of odd-looking concrete wall of varying thickness. Outside, across the car park of this otherwise unremarkable industrial estate, is a grand, neoclassical mansion that recently became a global internet sensation . It is the world’s first 3D-printed villa.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/3d-printed-cities

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