Architect Massimiliano Locatelli wants to move into the future, which he thinks means your next house will be 3D printed. From Wallpaper*:
W*: What was your vision when designing this house?
ML: My vision was to integrate new, more organic shapes in the surrounding landscapes or urban architecture. My intention was to do the first house for a square in the centre of Milan. I wanted to show a different way of using a printing machine and explore how a concrete house could create a dialogue with our memories of interior design, made of references to archetypes of the past.W*: What challenges and what opportunities does 3D printing present for the architect?
ML: The challenges are the project’s five key values: creativity, sustainability, flexibility, affordability and rapidity. The opportunity is to be a protagonist of a new revolution in architecture.
Pity about the concrete. How one might extrude wood from a printer is not entirely clear to me, though. I also wonder about impact on the construction trades.
