Mustachian home of the future?

[cloudo]

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/12/17101856/3d-printed-housing-icon-shelter-housing-crisis

Anyone else hear about these homes?  I think they look great, though I worry that the total costs will be considerable higher than the quoted sub $10,000 amount.

[HipGnosis]

21st century version of trailer / mobile homes.

[Just Joe]

Would very much be the right solution for poorer parts of the world where their tiny roof homes come apart and go flying during every hurricane or earthquake prone areas if it is constructed well.

[Acastus]

These houses are kind of gimmicky, but 3D printing is cool, right? A good apartment building is probably built more to last and is a better use of the land. I do not see the appeal of stand alone micro housing.

[SC93]

I used my regular printer to print off a paper airplane..... it still crashed.....

[zolotiyeruki]

There's another discussion on this same topic over here.  You're looking at something that can only print the walls, and if you want windows and doors, you still need a person on site to add the lintels.  You still need to start with a foundation and utilities, and after the print is done, you have to add plumbing, electrical, doors, windows, roof, trim, drywall, paint, flooring, etc.  Also, concrete is more expensive than stick framing.

[HipGnosis]

There's another discussion on this same topic over here.
You're looking at something that can only print the walls, and if you want windows and doors, you still need a person on site to add the lintels. 
You still need to start with a foundation and utilities, and after the print is done, you have to add plumbing, electrical, doors, windows, roof, trim, drywall, paint, flooring, etc. 
Also, concrete is more expensive than stick framing.

They'll need people to put up the 'printer' device, feed concrete into it and then take down the printer device.  But stick framing is labor intensive.  But they're going to put these where labor is cheap, at least to start...  I have to deduce that the engineers and promoters have factored this all in to declare it more economical.
It would be interesting to see what the current build cost for a small house is where these are going.    Do they even say if the price is for a 'shell' or a finished house?

[zolotiyeruki]

There's another discussion on this same topic over here.
You're looking at something that can only print the walls, and if you want windows and doors, you still need a person on site to add the lintels. 
You still need to start with a foundation and utilities, and after the print is done, you have to add plumbing, electrical, doors, windows, roof, trim, drywall, paint, flooring, etc. 
Also, concrete is more expensive than stick framing.

They'll need people to put up the 'printer' device, feed concrete into it and then take down the printer device.  But stick framing is labor intensive.  But they're going to put these where labor is cheap, at least to start...  I have to deduce that the engineers and promoters have factored this all in to declare it more economical.
It would be interesting to see what the current build cost for a small house is where these are going.    Do they even say if the price is for a 'shell' or a finished house?

Good points.  Modular building (which most large homebuilders use) is a lot less labor-intensive than stick-building--they assemble all the panels in a factory, and load 'em on a truck.  On site, you just nail the modules together.