Apis Cor collaborates on world’s largest 3D printed building

Apis Cor has been at the forefront of using 3D printing in the construction sector – it was the first player to 3D print a functional house in less than 24 hours. Today, it’s in the news for completing the construction of a two-story 3D printed building in Dubai. For this project, the company worked with Dubai Municipality to ensure that the administrative building met the strict standards of the city.

“This project is a major turning point in the construction sector,” said Dawoud Al Hajri, Dubai Municipality director general. “3D printing technologies in construction will increase the speed of execution and lead to the completion of buildings in record time.”

The process of 3D printing the largest building on site

The structure of the building was built directly on-site without any extra assembly works. The 3D printing process was done in natural weather conditions, this meant that there was no tent covering the printing area. The main goal with this project was to conduct extensive R&D dedicated to testing the equipment under harsh climatic conditions, in this case heat and humidity. But also developing the 3D printing material and construction technologies, and testing the equipment during a long period of time.