Comment on 3D-Printed Houses Are Already Failing
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 weeks agoPeople have cracked modular construction. A lot of construction of modern buildings is pretty cookie cutter, especially if the architect is on board to using pre fabricated elements.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
They can do pre-fabricated architecture, but they haven’t cracked it.
Current prefabricated construction (especially in the context of homes / housing) is still limited in terms of customization and/or requires a huge amount of manual architecture / engineering work, and the consumer facing customization software is still pretty garbage.
People still often use contractors because they want the level of customization they bring, even when off the shelf options are available.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Most new mid price subdivisions are pre fabs assembled on site.
Before people get excited by 3D printing YouTube videos, they should really learn what the current state of house manufacturing is.
The big costs are not the structure, it’s the land and infrastructure, utilities, sewers, roads, etc.