Called Skovsporet, or “The Forest Trail,” the development is now home to 36 student apartments in the town of Holstebro, Denmark.
Called Skovsporet, or “The Forest Trail,” the development is now home to 36 student apartments in the town of Holstebro, Denmark.
As a civil engineer I see the whole 3d-printing-buildings-thing mostly as a gimmick and a way to grab some research-money to co-finance your building. At least at the moment.
In this case they still added timber-framing above the concrete walls and as interior walls and roof, so one couls ask why they wouldn’t build the whole walls as timber frame. That would be faster for sure.
But of course not every building has to be built fast or cheap. There are other valid criteria…
And it’s ok to try to find new ways to build walls - even if thats a part of construction that can be done quite fast & efficient already via prefabricating.
Concerning the article:
The author seem to have taken the press-statement from the 3d-printing-company and subtracted some pictures and the metric units.
Without transparency about costs per m² compared to other construction methods it is just an advert.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t really find more information. All results of a web search about this project in this state seem to be the same press statement almost copied verbatim.