The 3D Print Canal House is an exhibition, research- and building site for 3D Printing Architecture. A unique project where an international team of partners collaborates in 'research & doing' linking science, design, construction and community, by 3D printing a canal house at an expo-site in the very heart of Amsterdam.
Address: Tolhuisweg 7, 1031 CL in Amsterdam North.
Walking distance from Amsterdam Central Station (take the short ferry ride to Buiksloterweg), directly behind the Shell tower and A-Lab. Parking is possible at the adjacent parking place of the EYE Film Institute.
The project (3dprintcanalhouse) just opened to the public for consultation and will be active for three years. The study of Dutch architects DUS architects was founded by Hans Vermeulen (1977), Martine de Wit (1977) and Hedwig Heinsman (1980) and if they can finish the house in exhibition time, this will be a record, because typically this process lasts 6 years.
The team is using a Kamer Maker printer to go printing parts that built the house as a giant "lego": "We send digital messages to the printer, and this gives us the elements of what will be, for example, a room. Then fit to achieve the desired volume, "says Hedwig Heinsman, one of the architects. "Now we use plastic plant and cooperating with the house of Henkel chemicals and construction Heijmans company, looking for one clean and durable. In the final phase, we use concrete to assemble everything, according to safety standards, "he adds. The printed pieces are hollow components designed to accommodate the plumbing and electricity.
