They built the largest building in Europe using a 3D printer

Germany is building in Heidelberg The largest European printing housee registered to date, with 54 meters long, 11 wide and nine wide. The building is developed by Krause group and construction company berry 3d, It will house the company’s fourth computer server center Heidelberg IT Department.

construction process You only need two “builds” that oversee the operation of the printer, a 3D COBOD BOD2 that prints cement made from 100% recyclable materials. As explained to Reuters Hans-Jorg Kraus, Managing Partner of the Kraus Gruppe, The goal is to finish the building in just 140 hours of printing.

“It all works with just two people on site. Sometimes there are three, it’s very innovative. In later stages, perhaps only supervision One person to make sure nothing goes wrongKrause explains. The printing system works as a kind of lever Slowly print the buildingrepeating a course in which fresh cement is deposited over already primed cement to gradually raise the masonry.

“I am convinced that 3D printing has an impact bright future. However, at the same time, we should not think that in the future everything will be built using 3D printing. Instead, we are trying to figure out if this will be a future-oriented product and what it will be used for. But it’s clear that not all constructions over the next 20 years will be 3D printed,” says Krause.

What does 3D printing contribute to construction? As Henrik Lund-Nielsen, founder and general manager of the COBOD printer, explains, the benefits come through Speed ​​of implementation and freedom of design. The company has already built buildings with this technology in other parts of the country Germany and Africa.