Architect unveils 3D printer to make ‘endless’ house
Unique machine can create enormous sections that can be fitted together into one long continuous loop like a Möbius strip, says Dutch visionary
A Dutch architect has unveiled a unique 3D printer with which he aims to construct a large building “without beginning or end” shaped like an infinite loop.
“It’s just like a normal printer,” said Janjaap Ruijssenaars, presenting the tool he hopes to use to build what he has dubbed the “Landscape House”.
“But instead of putting ink onto paper, we are putting a liquid onto sand which solidifies wherever the liquid has been spread.”
Ruijssenaars, of Universe Architecture in Amsterdam, aims to print a Möbius strip-shaped building with around 12,000 sq ft of floor space using the massive D-Shape printer.
Designed by Italian Enrico Dini, the printer can make pieces up to 6 m square , using a computer to help build up fine layers of 5-10 mm thick.