Inside A 3D Printed House You'll ACTUALLY Want To Live In

Today we are taking a look inside ICON's new luxury 3D printed house.

0:00 Why 3D Print a House? (cost)
0:29 Intro to House Zero
0:50 How 3D Printing Houses Work
1:20 Other 3D Printed Houses ICON has built
2:12 House Zero Home Tour
4:44 The Living Room
6:13 The Kitchen
7:00 The Primary Bedroom
8:06 The Accessory Dwelling Unit / Casita
9:20 What's Next For Icon

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[Yazzz]

I think Americains don’t realise that most countries only build houses with concrete and construction stones, wood seems weird to us. Love the video

[MrPhife]

This is the prettiest 3d printed house I've seen. I would definitely love to live in this house or one like it. The super strong structure along with the modern aesthetic is right up my alley.

[melodyhart]

I love this house, the fact that it flows instead of a set of boxes is so comforting, and by adding wood, glass and ceramic tile to the mix really brings this house alive, I really love this.

[jeremyude]

This looks promising but I can't imagine how much dust these walls collect over time compared to flat walls. And like another person commented: In colder climates, you'd need more insulation than that.

[kellymedia]

really like how they used the curved walls to add functional spaces. They used the space very well.

[eugenioolazabal]

Definitely would love to live in a home like this one, its organic shapes, the curves mixed with beautiful appointments and decor mixing the concrete walls with other surfaces is a bold statement. Love the design of this home and the Casita is an excellent plus.

[propergander]

The house looks great!
Though, I’m kinda curious how it’d do in colder climates with all the windows and the thin walls.
Here in Germany, new buildings are essentially wrapped in about a foot of insulation and are built airtight nowadays as energy prices here kinda force everyone to think about efficiency.

The greatest part is all the carpentry and cabinetry!
Well done on the design!

[jbivphotography]

Super interesting. I also love the look of the houses. It'd be cool to see this start going large scale with larger homes as well.

[northwestrepair]

I read about this when i was a kid in some kind of book about a girl visiting future.
It was nearly same concept except they would guide the construction of the frame by metal rods.
Everywhere metal rod goes, concrete (or what ever magic substance is used) flows.

[jshooper]

I love that the design feels "natural" with the curvature and softness. However I have serious doubts about the "less expensive" part. There's a very low probability that these homes would ever be more affordable. They're unique and luxury...so by default they're gonna be highly valued and expensive AF.

[marsgizmo]

3D Printed houses have mesmerising shapes!
Great episode! 👏😎

[Well_Earned_Siesta]

My favorite thing about the concrete walls is that it emphasizes the horizontal. Vertical emphasis is more dramatic, but can also be more intimidating and stressful. Horizontal emphasis is naturally more welcoming and relaxing. Frank Lloyd Wright often emphasized that home architects should always bias towards horizontal emphasis over vertical. This building method opens up lots of exciting new opportunities

[ThisIsTechToday]

wow, this is so cool. I think the only thing that would really stink is if you need to change some of the layout you're stuck with the main walls. I'm wondering how much less expensive than traditional houses they are.

[GeorgeVenturi]

The house looks really nice, the curved walls add to the intrinsic design and also the staging was spot on. Only concern is how difficult must be to dust off clean all those layers of concrete that form the interior walls. And lets see the exterior walls how well they perform in terms of stains and dirt in the short term. Australia is contemplating banning dark color roofs because of the island heat effect. Black or dark roofing for Austin not the smartest decission, those homes must feel like an oven in the Summer.

[danityvanityinsanity]

I love it! Very gorgeous! The curves make the house more organic looking. It’s modern but not sterile. Very cozy and homey!🥰

[Fey]

The popular housing at the beginning of the video looked very interesting. Having said that I would be kind of concerned with two aspects for this type of construction method:
1- Concrete is known to have high water retention. If the mixture is not very well controlled, it could start to "sweat" in high precipitation environments, which is the cause of mold forming outside or inside a house. In that sense, I would think wall plaster with insulation may be necessary to seal off the moisture.
2- Plumbing and electric wires should be very well thought (perhaps using internal dry walls) because you don't want to go breaking and cementing later large sections of concrete walls to fix a leak.

[Merojewelleryworkshop]

One of my best channel we love your video so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[automateconstruction]

Awesome look at this latest project and its great that you included their past work too! Can't wait for your next 3D printed construction video!

[Rebecca.Robbins]

I love the idea and the look. My worry is that the exposed concrete would get dusty and be hard to clean over time on the inside and depending on where the house is located, it could get pretty gross on the outside as well. At least on the outside I guess you could pressure wash it.

[leehughart]

The central question is with 3-4" lavacrete with all those linear grooves, how long will it stand up to water penetration and freeze-thaw cycles? Of course you can cover it up, any structural material can be covered.