Claimed to be the world’s largest 3D printed building, a luxury horse barn in Wellington, Florida, has been printed by the Florida-based Printed Farms using the 3D printing firm, COBOD’s BOD2 construction 3D printer.
The structure has a total floor area of more than 940 m2 (10,100 sf), almost 50 percent larger than the previous record-holder built using a COBOD printer in the Middle East. The structure stands at 4 m (13 ft), the total length of the building is 47 m (155 ft), and the width is 25 m (83 ft).
The building is designed to endure the extreme weather challenges of the hurricane-prone region with a substantial focus on structural integrity and occupant safety. The versatility and benefits of 3D printing technology are also demonstrated through the structure’s 3D printed walls that create a cavity and air gap which provides natural cooling to the building. The build process involved five moves of the printer, with the two sides completed twice and the middle section executed once.
“Printed Farms has done a remarkable job in completing this massive structure and the project demonstrates again how 3D printing is transforming the construction industry for the better. COBOD is proud to be technology supplier to yet another record-breaking 3D printing project on U.S. soil, which comes only shortly after the completion of the U.S.’s first two-story 3D printed building in Texas, also using our BOD2 3D printer,” says Philip Lund-Nielsen, COBOD co-founder and head of Americas. “We are especially proud to observe our 3D printers being utilized for a broad range of applications besides housing, which is the industry’s predominant use case. Our machines dominate this space already but are in addition also used to print turbine bases, schools, office buildings, data centers, silos, and more—now that horse barns are added to the list.”
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