This apartment building is being 3D printed in Europe — and rent won't be more than $530 a month for a 872-square-foot unit

Brittany ChangJan 14, 2024, 21:45 IST

Peri 3D Construction is now printing part of an affordable apartment building in Germany, as seen in a rendering.Peri 3D Construction

Peri 3D Construction is 3D-printing part of a three-floor, six-unit affordable apartment building in Germany.
The max rent could range between $398 to $528 depending on the size of the unit.

German residents will soon have the opportunity to move into an affordable apartment building with a futuristic twist — 3D-printed walls.

Peri 3D Construction, a prolific player in this burgeoning construction-tech industry, has a resume filled with projects like a two-story printed home currently underway in Houston.

Now, it's taking its concrete mix and BOD2 3D printer to the former coal-mining city of Lünen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, to print a six-unit apartment building where rent could be capped at $528.

This project is on track to become Europe’s first publicly funded 3D-printed apartment building, according to the company.

Construction 3D printers create a distinct layered appearance.Peri 3D Construction

The three-floor, six-unit building will span about 7,007 square-feet.

There will be two apartments on each of the building's three floors, as shown in a rendering.Peri 3D Construction

As a publicly funded building, rent must be capped at 6 euros per square meter, or about $6.50 per 10.8 square feet.

The building, as shown in a rendering, will be move-in ready next year.Peri 3D Construction

Peri expects to complete its printing work by the end of November.

The interior walls will be automatically smoothed to ease the plastering process, according to the company.Peri 3D Construction

But that doesn’t mean the homes will be move-in ready next week: Only the walls of the first and second floor are being 3D-printed.

The bottom two floors will keep their exterior printed facade, according to Peri 3D Construction.Peri 3D Construction

The North Rhine-Westphalia government is tapping into two investment pools to fund this project, which costs 1.9 million euros, or a little over $2 million.

Peri 3D Construction uses COBOD's popular BOD2 3D printer.Peri 3D Construction

Peri 3D Construction’s managing director, Fabian Meyer-Brötz, believes the tech can already be used across “modern construction sites, and especially for social housing projects.”

Fans of the construction-tech say it can reduce construction labor and waste.Peri 3D Construction

Peri 3D Construction’s managing director, Fabian Meyer-Brötz, believes the tech can already be used across “modern construction sites, and especially for social housing projects.”

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This apartment building is being 3D printed in Europe &mdash; and rent won't be more than $530 a month for a 872-square-foot unit

This project is on track to become Europe’s first publicly funded 3D-printed apartment building, according to the company.

The three-floor, six-unit building will span about 7,007 square-feet.

As a publicly funded building, rent must be capped at 6 euros per square meter, or about $6.50 per 10.8 square feet.

Peri expects to complete its printing work by the end of November.

But that doesn’t mean the homes will be move-in ready next week: Only the walls of the first and second floor are being 3D-printed.

The North Rhine-Westphalia government is tapping into two investment pools to fund this project, which costs 1.9 million euros, or a little over $2 million.

Peri 3D Construction’s managing director, Fabian Meyer-Brötz, believes the tech can already be used across “modern construction sites, and especially for social housing projects.”

This apartment building is being 3D printed in Europe — and rent won't be more than $530 a month for a 872-square-foot unit