The Largest 3D Printed Building In Europe Was Erected In Germany
In the German city of Heidelberg, a huge building with an area of almost 600 square meters was printed on a 3D printer in less than six days. meters. So far this is an absolute European record for this type of construction. The building itself will house a data center with servers from one of the largest developers in Germany.
The architects explained such an unusual appearance of the object by the desire to make it more visually attractive, since it is located within the city limits. “Due to the typical lack of windows and large openings in all or major areas of data centers, for security and other reasons, data centers tend to look rather dull and uninspiring,” COBOD explains in a press release.
To construct the approximately 600 m2 building, a COBOD BOD2 3D printer was used to extrude a recyclable cement-like mixture from a nozzle layer by layer at a rate of 4 m3 per hour to form the outer walls of a building 54 meters long, 11 m wide and 9 m high. The building’s printing process It took just 140 hours before construction and a team of specialists put the finishing touches on the project, including installing the roof and doors, as well as the lighting, wiring and equipment needed to run a modern data center. A robot painter from Deutsche Amphibolin-Werke was reportedly used to paint the interior.
The company is confident that printed houses are the future of world architecture and that COBOD BOD 2 will soon help automate at least 50% of all processes on construction sites.
