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A Chinese developer came up with a way to reduce the time it takes to build a house from weeks to just a few days

Jul 22, 2015, 22:25 IST

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A rendering of Zhuoda's 3D-printed home.Zhuoda/YouTube

Building your dream house could get a lot easier if 3D-printing takes off in the construction industry. 

Last week, the Chinese developer Zhuoda Group assembled a home in Xi'an, China in only three hours.

All of the modules to construct the home were printed in a factory ahead of time and then put together on site, according to a report from China Central Television (CCTV). 

Six modules were printed in total, each modules representing a different room. The cost of each module ranged from 2,500 to 3,500 RMB ($400 to $560 USD)  per square meter.

It took about ten days in total to produce the modules and construct the home, according to the report. 

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An engineer for the developer said that despite the fact that the house can be constructed so quickly, it is also capable of withstanding strong earthquakes, because it features a steel fram structure and each module bears it's own weight independently. 

Check out some images of the house below. 

PostbyCCTVNews.

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