3D-printed home in Dutch city expands housing options

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Exterior view of the 3D-printed 94-square meters (1,011-square feet) two-bedroom bungalow resembling a boulder with windows in Eindhoven, Netherlands. — AP

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands: Elize Lutz and Harrie Dekkers’ new home is a 94-square meter (1,011-square foot) two-bedroom bungalow that resembles a boulder with windows.

The curving lines of its gray concrete walls look and feel natural. But they are actually at the cutting edge of housing construction technology in the Netherlands and around the world: They were 3D printed at a nearby factory.

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Exterior view of the 3D-printed 94-square meters (1,011-square feet) two-bedroom bungalow resembling a boulder with windows in Eindhoven, Netherlands. — AP

The printer layers of the 3D-printed 94-square meters (1,011-square feet) two-bedroom bungalow are visible in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The fluid, curving lines of its gray walls look natural, but they were actually 3D printed at a nearby factory. — AP

Lutz, left, and Dekkers' new 3D-printed house complies with all Dutch construction codes and the printing process took just 120 hours. — AP

A view of the living room with the open kitchen showing the printer layers in the walls of the 3D-printed 94-square meters (1,011-square feet) two-bedroom bungalow in Eindhoven, Netherlands. — AP

A view of the bedroom showing the printer layers in the walls of the 3D-printed 94-square meters (1,011-square feet) two-bedroom bungalow in Eindhoven, Netherlands. — AP

Another angle of the living room with the open kitchen in the 3D-printed two-bedroom bungalow in Eindhoven, Netherlands. — AP

Lutz, right, and Dekkers' at their new 3D-printed home in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Dekkers has already noticed great acoustics in the home even when he’s just playing music on his phone. And when he’s not listening to music, he enjoys the silence that the insulated walls provide. — AP

The home is made up of 24 concrete elements “printed” by a machine that squirts layer upon layer of concrete at a factory in the city before being trucked to a neighbourhood of other new homes. There, the finishing touches – including a roof – were added. — AP

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3D-printed home in Dutch city expands housing options