The QR3D House: Four Floors of Futuristic Design

Additive manufacturing has once again demonstrated its agility in the construction sector, this time in Singapore! The country recently opened a multi-story house with 3D printed walls. The project was called QR3D and it was designed by architectural firm Park + Associates and incorporates a sculptural void at its center. Built in collaboration with CES_InnovFab, the house is composed of over 90% 3D printed materials. It spans four floors and 570 square meters, a real feat for additive manufacturing.

3D concrete printing offers multiple advantages to the construction sector, and housing projects using this technology continue to multiply. This technique enables shorter construction times, reduced labor intensity, lower costs and the design of previously unattainable shapes. We haven’t yet reached the point where we see 3D concrete printers everywhere, but the future is very promising, and the construction industry has fully grasped onto this. In any case, the QR3D house in Singapore is undoubtedly the perfect example of what can be achieved.

One of the house’s bathrooms. (Credit: STUDIOWONGS)

The Interior of the QR3D House

This is a 570-square-meter house with seven rooms spread over four floors, designed for Lim Koon Park, founder and architect of Park + Associates. He explains: “While we were excited by the novelty of 3D printing, our aim was always to create a family home that would be relevant and respected decades from now. We commenced our design as if we would a conventionally-constructed house, we did have to spend more-than-usual resources modifying and developing the design to ensure it can be 3D printed.”