Building affordable housing becomes simple and accessible to all, through 3D-printing technologies. “Icon” is the name of the company behind the massive printer which allowed for this to become an option for many. Besides allowing for great personalisation and efficiency in home-building, the social impact of this innovation is very important. Jason Ballard, the company’s CEO, spoke out for this project’s ability to tackle our global housing crisis: “If we want to get our hands on the global housing crisis, not across hundreds of years but in tens of years, we need a highly scalable solution, which 3D printing will be”.
The company is currently working on a project that aims to house 50 families in Mexico and 480 formerly homeless people in Texas. Click below to read more about this!