Italian 3D printer manufacturerWASPis collaborating withMario Cucinella Architects(MCA),一个建筑公司建立在博洛尼亚。衣服ether the partners are 3D printing a model for a sustainable global habitat.
Named TECLA, the housing model is based on a circular manufacturing process utilizing reusable, recyclable materials taken from the local terrain. It is built using theCrane WASP construction 3D printer, and represents an attempt at establishing an “eco-housing” solution. WASP and MCA, with help from various partners, have embarked on the project in response to exponential population growth and subsequent lack of housing. Planned for construction near Bologna, Italy, the two firms received clearance for a TECLA prototype in May 2019, with 3D printing beginning in September. It is due for completion in early 2020.
“Together with WASP we aim at developing an innovative 3D-printed prototype for a habitat that responds to the increasingly urgent climate revolution and the needs of changes dictated by community needs,” explains Mario Cucinella, MCA founder.
“我们需要在建筑领域的范式转变，以越来越接近人们的需求，从而为“地球”中的'地球'找到答案。一种合作，成为移情体系结构与新技术的应用之间的结合。”
The World’s Advanced Saving Project
Founded in 2012, WASP was established with the aim of developing viable construction processes based on the principles of circular economy. The company sees the construction of 3D printed, ‘zero-mile’ homes, using materials found on the surrounding area, as key to solving the global population crisis, which has created substantial challenges for governments related to housing solutions. Its research has therefore been focused on building a 3D printer capable of constructing clay houses in the shortest period of time, and in the most sustainable way possible.
The company’s first 3D printer was thePowerWASP, a 3D printer with milling capabilities, before it moved on to developing itsDeltaWASPrange of 3D printers, which covered small to大规模3D打印build volumes. A significant milestone for WASP in 2015 was the development of itsBigdelta黄蜂, 12m high 3D printer for building homes, capable of extruding both technical (concrete) and raw materials, such as straw and terrain. The company used the machine to embark on its香巴拉内部项目– an eco-friendly technological village in Italy built using resourceful additive manufacturing.
Then in 2018, the company created itsCrane WASP 3D printer帮助加速村庄的发展。具有比Bigdelta黄蜂的占地面积小，一个起重机WASP 3D打印机的单个模块的直径为6.60 m，高度为3米。起重机黄蜂也可以被拆除并重新组装，以迅速运输和现场建设。它被用来成功为Shamballa技术村庄完成一栋小建筑。该建筑物命名为盖亚, measured 21.6 feet in diameter and 9.8 feet tall. It is made of a cement containing 25% soil, sourced onsite, 40% straw chopped rice, 25% rice husk and 10% hydraulic lime.
Now commencing its TECLA project with MC A, WASP believes the housing model has the potential to provide a basis for creating autonomous eco-cities. “WASP takes inspiration from the potter wasp. We build 3D printed houses using earth found on the spot, under a sustainable perspective. The oldest material and a state of the art technology merge to give new hope to the world,” comments Massimo Moretti, WASP CEO. “Gaia, our first 3D printed house made with raw earth, was born a year ago. Today with our partners we are printing TECLA an entire eco-sustainable habitat. The planet is asking for a joint project that we share with Mario Cucinella.”
The 3D printed TECLA house
TECLA is designed by MC A, and engineered and built by WASP. It will reportedly be the first habitat built using multiple collaborative 3D printers, and the first house to be entirely 3D printed using locally sourced clay. This will help limit industrial waste, therefore offering a sustainable model that WASP hopes will boost the national and local economy. Furthermore, the TECLA house is designed to adapt to multiple environments, and can be built by the Crane WASP 3D printer in one job, thus speeding the construction process.
Tecla是使用来自School of Sustainability– a professional school focusing on sustainable architecture, founded by Mario Cucinella. The research was further supported by MA students from the Sustainable Environmental Design programme at theArchitectural Association School of Architecturein London.
研究人员共同努力，探索了无家可归者的原因和影响，以及基于不同气候变化的不同位置，有助于实现合适解决方案的技术进步的潜力。这有助于为Tecla的设计提供信息，从而产生了一种灵活的模型，该模型可以适应任何气候，同时据报道以传统的住房模型没有的方式保持节能效率。
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Featured image shows rendering of the TECLA 3D printed earth house at night. Image via Mario Cucinella Architects.
