The first house in Ukraine built with the help of a 3D printer was constructed in Irpin, as reported by the Mayor of Irpin, Oleksandr Markushyn.
The house was given to the family of the fallen soldier Yaroslav Berezov, who died in battles near Bakhmut. The house where his family lived was destroyed by two Russian missiles at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. The 3D-printed house was erected on the same site where the Berezov family lived before the war.
Programmers, designers, architects, constructors, and manufacturers of building materials, furniture, decor, and household appliances participated in the construction. Markushyn noted that over a hundred benefactors contributed to the project.
The walls of the house were printed in 58 machine hours. The construction used 72 tons of a special fast-setting cement-sand mixture. The printer simultaneously prints the interior and exterior, so after printing, the wall can simply be painted.
One room in the house has a security function. In case of an air raid, it can serve as a shelter. The cavity in the wall is filled with monolithic concrete, and the room blocks mobile signals. The window in the room has a unique mounting system, bulletproof glass, and special fittings.
The printer for this construction was provided by the Ukrainian company 3D UTU as part of the charitable project "United for Help." The team can print approximately 190 houses using ten printers per year, although future plans have not yet been disclosed.
3D UTU is a Ukrainian company that invented the first domestic construction 3D printer. It is easy to move around the construction site due to its light weight, and the process of folding/unfolding the device takes up to three hours. For construction, only electricity, water, and a special concrete mixture are needed.
