B4 - P2 Project Outline

For this Term project Julie and I are working on 3D printing of houses in the building industry.

We will be looking at how the 3D printing of houses has been implemented in the building industry today, which building technology problems that may occur from 3D printed houses and investigate if 3D printing can be a way to develop a more sustainable building industry.

To start with we will look into how a wall in a 3D printed house is build up and compare it to a traditional masonry wall. We will look into which materials are used to print a wall and how long time it will take to print an entire house. Furthermore, we will investigate what the cost savings in labor will be compared to a traditional built house.

In the discussion part of the term project, we will incorporate building technology in terms of heat and moist transfer. This technical aspect will discuss if a 3D printed house can live up to the same standards according to heat and moist transfer, or if it will cause problems later on in the house’ life cycle in terms of refurbishments.  Because we have previous experience with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of buildings we will try to link this aspect of sustainable buildings to the 3D printing of houses; the social, the economic and the environmental aspect of sustainable building design.  

The allocation of the 1750 words (appx. 3.5 pg.) for this term projects is:

-         - Introduction and problem statement (0.5 pg.)

-         - Results – The construction process of 3D printed houses (1 pg.)

-         - Discussion (1.5 pg.)

-         - Conclusion (0.5 pg.)