
3D Printing Will Destroy The World Unless it Tackles the Issue of Materiality
Urgent rethinking is required to avoid the revolutionary potential of 3D printing being lost in a sea of pointless plastic products
Norman Foster plans to print moon bases using an array of mobile printing nozzles on a 6 metre frame to squirt out sequential layers of lunar soil that will be set with a binding solution. The current system can work at a rate of 2 metres per hour, but next generations of printers are expected to reach 3.5 metres per hour or more, and be able to finish an entire building in a week.
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