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2013/03/09 16:04:34
Subject: Novel or breakthrough ways to build houses thread
I was thinking about all the cool ways people use to build homes, garages, or just any type of structure and thought it would be fun to see things people here know about or have encountered.
Here's my first contribution, the blow it up with air, concrete tent:
There was this one thread some months ago that was about some sort of device that more or less printed houses, complete with plumbing and everything. Can't find it ATM, but that was awesome.
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2013/03/09 16:24:31
Subject: Re:Novel or breakthrough ways to build houses thread
AlmightyWalrus wrote: There was this one thread some months ago that was about some sort of device that more or less printed houses, complete with plumbing and everything. Can't find it ATM, but that was awesome.
It was a scaled up 3D printer.
Came with full plumbing and IIRC windows...
Oh and it took 20 hours to build 1.
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2013/03/09 16:26:09
Subject: Novel or breakthrough ways to build houses thread
Ouze wrote: There's an article here about printing a house. There is also a neat video here:
Cool topic idea.
Looking at that makes me wonder what Buckminster Fuller of Da Vinci could have accomplished if they had that kind of tech. For that matter, any of the builders of old who created marvels that still make our jaws drop.
2013/03/09 20:25:27
Subject: Re:Novel or breakthrough ways to build houses thread
I've always wanted to build a house out of a grain silo, converted to look like a medieval tower, including a deck on the roof with ramparts.
Or there's always the method of roofing over a walkout basement with back-filled dirt (so it's like a daylight basement), instead of putting a house over it, to make a Hobbit house.
How about designing modular shipping containers that can be attached together as the owner feels necessary, to make custom dwellings?
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2013/03/09 20:41:14
Subject: Novel or breakthrough ways to build houses thread
AegisGrimm wrote: How about designing modular shipping containers that can be attached together as the owner feels necessary, to make custom dwellings?
This is done. Apparently they're pretty good, easily modified into homes, and fairly cheap. And they can come out looking pretty sweet:
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