14 DAY TRIAL // 3D printing a single house is hard enough, but 3D printing a whole neighborhood? A whole settlement? That's a different kettle of fish, even when you look at logistics and urban planning alone.
And yet, that's exactly what Andrey Rudenko, a Minnesota resident, wishes to do now that he has finished 3D printing a castle. As if his intention to create a 2-story house were not already notable enough.
Rudenko believes that he can use his concrete 3D printer to build an entire village. And he isn't talking about a scaled-down version, like the castle turned out to be. He literally wants to build a village.
His plan is to involve a group of students from architectural and civil engineering colleges to both help develop the technology and build the village. Meanwhile, he is going to look for an appropriate location.
Once the first building is erected, Rudenko will move on to small, elaborate hotels and then the larger buildings, for public service, institutions, etc.
Presumably, homes would be printed on an as-needed basis, as people move in over time.
The village could become an attraction like Disney World, or so Rudenko feels. Especially since students could come up with increasingly off-the-wall building designs. Designs that conventional construction methods can't efficiently tackle, but which 3D printing has no problems with and can build cheaply, to boot.
