Luyten 3D Printed Home in Australia is a Southern Hemisphere First

The 3D printing construction sector continues to make waves around the world, with recent projects cropping up in the news from Denmark, Japan, and the Caribbean, among others. This time, news of 3D printed concrete constructions comes to us from the land down under, where 3D printing company Luyten has announced plans to develop a 3D printed home in Melbourne, Australia in cooperation with the University of New South Wales (UNSW). One notable aspect of this upcoming project is that this new, additive manufactured house will be the first owner-occupied 3D printed home in the southern hemisphere.

The cooperative effort brings together the construction and 3D printing apparatus of Luyten’s line of Platypus 3D construction printers, which utilizes artificial intelligence to manufacture large-scale construction 3D printing with specialized concrete. Meanwhile, the research group from UNSW known as Arch_Manu (Next-Gen Architectural Manufacturing) provides design expertise for the construction while also compiling the data from the project to help create new standards for 3D printed construction projects in Australia.

Example of a Luyten Platypus 3D printer working on a concrete house

UNSW Arch_Manu director, Professor M. Hank Haeusler hailed the partnership, stating, “This will be a lighthouse project for 3D printing in Australia, encompassing state-of-the-art research in design and technology and bringing research findings into practice. It will change Australian housing.”