# 3D-Printed Houses This 3D Printer Can Build Ten Houses in a Day Using Recycled Materials By Rahul Kalvapalle | Published 2014-04-24 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/3dprinted-houses References: [gizmag](http://www.gizmag.com/china-winsun-3d-printed-house/31757/) & [yhbm](http://www.yhbm.com/index.aspx) China-based company Winsun demonstrated the impressive capabilities of its [giant 3D printer](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bambu-lab-h2s) by using it to construct ten 3D-printed houses in less than 24 hours. The homes are largely constructed out of recycled materials and are cheap enough -- less than $5,000 each -- to be constructed in large quantities to ease housing crises in developing countries. Each small house takes very little labor to assemble, and costs as little as $4,800. Winsun hopes to make them available for [low income housing projects](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tiny-house-1). The 3D printer doesn't print the homes in one go, instead creating building blocks by layering a cement-and-glass mix in structural patterns. This allows for a diagonally reinforced print pattern that leaves gaps of air to provide insulation. The blocks are then printed in a central factory and assembled on site. This efficient, low-cost construction process requires minimal manual labor, opening up possibilities for rapidly 3D-printed houses to be put together to ease housing crises. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.6/10 - Popularity: 80% | Activity: 79% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) > [Eco Architecture](https://www.trendhunter.com/ecoarchitecture) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Rapid 3D Printing:** The ability to 3D print houses in less than 24 hours creates disruptive innovation opportunities for the construction industry. - **Recycled Materials:** The use of recycled materials in 3D-printed houses presents disruptive innovation opportunities for sustainable and eco-friendly building practices. - **Affordable Housing:** The low cost of 3D-printed houses opens up disruptive innovation opportunities for providing affordable housing solutions in developing countries. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Construction:** The construction industry can explore disruptive innovation opportunities by integrating rapid 3D printing technology into their processes. - **Sustainable Building:** The use of recycled materials in 3D-printed houses creates disruptive innovation opportunities for the sustainable building industry. - **Real Estate:** The development of affordable 3D-printed houses presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the real estate industry, especially in addressing housing crises. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Fully Recyclable 3D-Printed Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/biohome3d.md) - [Compact 3d-Printed Housing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tiny-house-lux.md) - [3D-Printed Home Prototypes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-tiny-house-lux.md) - [3D-Printed Sturdy Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cobod.md) - [Inaugural 3D-Printed Social Housing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lnen.md) - [3D-Printed Neighborhood Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wolf-ranch.md) - [Record-Breaking 3D-Printed Neighborhoods](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/icon-and-big.md) - [Organically Printed Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lib-earth-house.md) - [Climate Relief Temporary Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/additive-manufacturing-homes-crisis.md)