IIT Madras Alumni constructed India’s first 3D printed house in concrete. Bangalore-based startup Tvasta Manufacturing Solutions (Tvasta) in close collaboration with the Civil Engineering Department of IIT madras has created this breakthrough in construction technology.
In recent years the 3D printing construction sector is growing globally. Nordine and Nouria Ramdani, have become the proud and the world’s first inhabitants of a 3D printed four-bedroom house in France. The husband and wife will be living in the house along with their three children.
The structure, a simple 3D room module, was constructed using an indigenously developed 3D printer by the Tvasta Team and the IIT Madras faculty. The 3D printed structure is only a prototype which will serve as a base model for future R&D, testing and analysis purpose.
According to Professor Manu Santhanam, IIT Madras faculty in Department of Civil Engineering, said, “3D printing of concrete gives a new dimension to construction. This technology can best meet the complex demands of modern architecture with concrete. The use of a combination of binders and optimally proportioned and sized aggregates, along with suitable chemical additives, the concrete mixture is fine-tuned to achieve the rheological characteristics that make it possible for extrusion of the material and shape retention after placement.”
Source: IITM Official Press Release
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