Romanian-born, American artist and sculptor, Ioan Florea, caught the world’s attention when he 3D printed a car. He has gone on to drop more jaws with his latest project — a 3D printed house designed and created along similar precepts to the Ford Torino but with the intent of 3D printing the furniture and appliances. I caught up with Ioan during my trip to New York and have been keeping an eye on all of the subsequent developments …. and he’s been a busy bee.
While we have seen a number of 3D printed house concepts develop across various continents, Ioan believes his, first premiered at the 2014 Inside 3D Printing event in NYC, to be the first actual 3D printed house in the USA. The structure itself was completed and transported ahead of the event, a feat that demanded some carefully planned logistics, stopping off at various locations before and after to much acclaim.
这样的站点是在美国在俄亥俄州扬斯敦（America）建立的一站，IOAN还为研究所捐赠了一些艺术品以永久展示。房屋的内部概念目前正在敲定。
在过去的三个月中，弗洛雷亚（Florea）在他的房子和汽车上几乎已经走了几个月，但他通常在伊利诺伊州谢尔比维尔（Shelbyville）的一家工作室里制造了他的3D印刷雕塑。在返回纽约市的3D印刷车在那里的3D印刷车呆了三个星期后，他最近的郊游是去底特律的，上周举行了快速秀。这是佛罗里亚和汽车的重要且令人激动的郊游，因为当然，这是原始汽车（1971年的1971年福特都灵）的地方。佛罗里亚告诉我，这种汽车模型对整个概念的使用程度：“当时的想法是使用了驴车embly line, which was introduced by Henry Ford 100 years ago and then fuse it with the latest technologies like 3D printing. It represents the transition to the third industrial revolution that we are witnessing right now. In this way I encapsulated an old car and old technology and connected it with new technology and created a dialogue between them.”
Thus taking the car to Detroit was hugely significant. Florea said:“It was very important to me [to go to Detroit] because the car was made there, and it was also where the Second industrial revolution started — with the introduction of the assembly line — and now The Third Industrial Revolution has just started ……. it’s a very important moment in history.
在巡回活动之间，ioan告诉我他正在完成3D印刷房屋的内部，而不是从外面观看，就像纽约展厅的情况一样，很快就可以走进室内并看到3D打印的家具和电器。根据Ioan的说法，这所房子和汽车是非常艺术的符号，但是在形象上和字面上，尺度上有点越来越大，尤其是在使用3D打印时。我问ioan他如何飞跃。他告诉我：“Well, it’s not too hard. Everybody has a car. Everybody wants a house. At the same time, you know about the housing issue that happened a few years ago in the United States, when we had the big crisis. This house symbolizes the American dream — everybody wants to own a house. And the same with the car, everybody wants to have a car. They are representative symbols in the United States. Actually, they are symbols all over the world — recognizable symbols — and I just tried to fuse them with this new technology and create a dialogue. And everybody now is creating 3D printed houses. In Amsterdam, they are building one piece by piece. Someone in California has developed the Contour Crafting technique. Well, this is my version.”
The scale — of the house in particular — is also the primary reason that Ioan has collaborated with industrial 3D printer manufacturer voxeljet, which offers the largest 3D printing scales available. Ioan says of the company that the team was great to work with and very “accepting” of his vision, even at such scale, and were able to meet his quick deadlines. There are also other “regular, smaller fused deposition 3D printers” used on the projects. Of the technique itself, Ioan says:“我在房子上与Voxeljet合作，还使用了自己的FDM 3D打印机，但随后我开发了自己的技术，即我设计和进化的技术 - 转移技术。我从3D打印的形状开始，然后转移我的材料以创建类似的汽车部分，然后将所有碎片连接在一起，以获取流动，看起来像一块。这就是我的技术干预的地方。之后，最终过程是封装，以液体金属的形式赋予液体/融化金属的正确外观。”
As stated, the house is more symbolic than habitable, but it will represent every aspect of modern day living. Ioan says: “it will have everything inside — from a bathroom, washing machine, bed …. Everything.” All produced in the same way with 3D printing and the transfer technique and creating a unique aesthetic. The washing machine is completed, but has not been unveiled yet.
Ioan will be at IMTS in Setptember, but gets some logistical respite in the meantime to finish of those furnishings — and the windows.
This is a fascinating journey to watch — in terms of art and 3D printing. When I asked Ioan what comes next, he was only slightly reticent when he said:“maybe an aeroplane.”
