India’s first 3D-printed home offers affordable housing ‘solution’
About a dozen companies are working on 3D-printed houses worldwide
29 April 2021 - 05:00
Mumbai — India’s first 3D-printed home may provide a solution to the country’s shortage of affordable housing, using a technology that is quicker, cheaper and more efficient than traditional construction, housing experts said.
The single-storey home, measuring about 56m², was built by Tvasta Manufacturing Solutions in the southern Indian city of Chennai, in collaboration with home-building charity Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Centre for Innovation in Shelter...
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