How to print a building: the science behind 3D printing in construction

It's often claimed that 3D printing - known in the trade as "additive manufacturing" - will change the way we live. Most recently, a team from Eindhoven University of Technology announced plans to build the "world's first" habitable 3D printed houses. But it's one thing to build small, prototype homes in a park - it's quite another to successfully use additive manufacturing for large-scale projects in the construction sector.
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