SQ4D uses automated building methods, or 3D printing, to build structures and houses.
“What we want to do is print houses quickly, cheaply and strongly,” Andersen said.
The company can set up its autonomous robot construction system on a building site within six to eight hours. It then lays concrete layer by layer, creating footing, the foundation of a house and the interior and exterior walls of the structure.
“This is a drastic change for jobs,” Andersen said.
3D-printed homes can also have a profound effect on the wallets of potential buyers in America.
“The construction cost is 50% cheaper than the cost of comparable newly built homes in Riverhead, New York, and ten times faster,” said Stephen King, Zillow Premier’s agent who owns the 3D home listing.
The 3D-printed house will include 1,407 square meters of living space and will be built with concrete. The house has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a garage of 2.5 cars.
“I want people not to be afraid of automation … it’s just a different tool and method. But it’s still the same product; we’re still building a house at the end of the day,” Anderson said. .
Anderson and King say the Riverhead home is the first 3D-printed home to receive a resident certificate in the United States. It was not easy due to strict local building codes, they said.
“We did it in one of the hardest places and there’s a beauty in it because it means we can finally do it anywhere,” Anderson said.
“We can make things more affordable and safer. We can use the technology to tackle homelessness, and to help disaster relief in an eco-friendly way,” Anderson said.