BY MICHAEL MOLITCH-HOU ON · 3D PRINTING,ASIA,CONSTRUCTION,NEWS,LOW INCOME HOUSING

[This article and video demonstrates the viability of 3D printing. The Green Fire Engineered Reclamation solution to low income housing is using 3D printing and the inert raw materials recovered from landfills to build the housing in panelized designs for the villagers to assemble. M]

In a world of economic scarcity, public housing has become essential for sheltering our species’ most vulnerable populations. Interestingly, the island city-state of Sinagpore having a unique approach to public housing, with 80% of the resident population living in government buildings and, more than that, the small nation implemented some housing practices that the United States has sometimes been too afraid to tackle when it comes to public housing:socioeconomically integrated public developments. Now, Singapore is moving beyond these important strategies to novel methods of construction, namely 3D printing.