World’s First Village of Affordable 3D-Printed Homes in Mexico

[fortran77]

https://www.dwell.com/article/3d-printed-village-icon-new-story-tabasco-mexico-b76d0150

[duelingjello]

I'd like to know how much it would cost to build such homes at scale. They didn't reveal how much it cost, which means it's probably too much at small quantities so far.

[ptah]

> The first two 3D-printed homes in Tabasco sit side by side on Lavacrete, a proprietary material developed by ICON.

vendor lock-in spreads to home construction

[duelingjello]

https://beta.trimread.com/articles/715

[jaclaz]

>Innovations in building technology rarely appear in developing countries first.

Maybe there is a reason for that.