First 3D Printed House in Germany
PERI, COBOD’s German distribution partner, 3D printed the 160 square meters, two-story building in Beckum: the first 3D printed house in Germany. Ina Scharrenbach, Minister of Construction, Home, Municipal Affairs and Equality in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia, officially opened the building, which represents a significant step forward in the use of 3D printing technologies for commercial construction projects. “With the first 3D printed residential building in Germany, positive pressure is being generated in the construction industry: for innovative construction with new technologies, for greater attractiveness in construction professions and for modern architecture with new styles. Now we need to gain experience with the building and establish the manufacturing process on the market because only more housing provides affordable rents,” the Minister said. PERI acquired a stake in COBOD back in 2018 and have since then used COBOD’s BOD2 printers to print buildings in Germany as well as in the US, where PERI recently revealed the start of a project with Habitat of Humanity for building affordable houses in Arizona by using 3D printing.
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