--- title: "Watch a 3D Printer Spit Out an Entire Two-Story House" description: "Europe's largest printer by Belgian sustainable construction company Kamp C. has printed an entire 98 square foot two-story house." date: "2020-07-17" modified: "2020-07-21" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/3d-printer-two-story-house" categories: - "3D Printing" - "Future Materials" - "Science & Energy" tags: - "3d printer" - "3d printing" - "the digest" --- # Watch a 3D Printer Spit Out an Entire Two-Story House ![]() *\Image: Kamp C\* ## Big Printer Europe's largest 3D printer just [spat out an entire two-story tall home](), an effort by Belgian sustainable construction company Kamp C. According to the company, it's the [biggest house printed in one piece](), with a fixed printer, in history. https://youtu.be/pxrVEfxrwUw The 32-by-32 foot printer works in much the same way as its much smaller plastic-printing additive cousins — except that it uses a specially mixed concrete to build layer by layer. ## Faster, Cheaper, Stronger Such a process has key advantages over conventional builds: It's significantly faster, it's far more judicious with material usage, and could even cut construction costs as a result. "The material's compressive strength is three times greater than that of the conventional quick build brick," Marijke Aerts, the project manager, [told *New Atlas*](). "Besides the fibers in the concrete, the amount of wire-mesh reinforcement used is extremely limited. As a result of the printing technology used, formwork was redundant, saving an estimated sixty percent on material, time, and budget." The 980 square feet two-story home is still more of a demo than a livable structure, but it's technically large enough and even features sustainable amenities, like solar panels and underfloor heating. "Printing this building is mainly a statement," Emiel Ascione, project manager at Kamp C, [told *Digital Trends*](). “It shows the construction industry the accessibility and potential of this technique.” **READ MORE:** [Europe’s biggest 3D printer helps create an entire two-story house]() \[*Digital Trends*\] **More on printing houses:** *[These Adorable 3D-Printed Houses Could Solve Homelessness]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()