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Is the zero-kilometre home finally here?

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A prototype for affordable sustainable housing, the 3D-Printed Earth Forest Campus in Barcelona’s Collserola Natural Park was built at the intersection of local nature and technology. - Iwan Baan
Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) processed local soil with state-of-the-art 3DWasp Crane technology, building atop a 50-cm natural stone foundation. - Iwan Baan
The first 30 cm of the home’s walls are protected from rain and floods by a stabilized earth base, with ranging thickness between 40-70 cm. This base was cast into a formwork utilized for printing the walls themselves. - Iwan Baan

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A prototype for affordable sustainable housing, the 3D-Printed Earth Forest Campus in Barcelona’s Collserola Natural Park was built at the intersection of local nature and technology.

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