One billion homes. To put a dent in the global housing crisis, we need to build one billion homes in a lifetime and today we simply aren’t solving the problem fast enough. To build the future, we must change the way we design and build for a world that will enhance human happiness and flourishing. The future starts with 3D printing. The technology that can create a more sustainable and beautiful world will be the same technology that helps us become a spacefaring civilization.
Will cities of the future be built by robots and drones? Will humans colonize the Moon and Mars? ICON’s Jason Ballard gives an inspirational talk during SXSW 2022. In the featured talk, "It's Time to Build," he discusses humanity’s future and how architecture, design, robotics and sustainability can be in service to humanity and help us reimagine worlds.
PBS NewsHour anchor Stephanie Sy joins Jason to discuss the future of home construction and answer questions about ICON.
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00:00 introduction of Jason Ballard, speaker, and Stephanie Sy, moderator
00:54 It’s time to build
02:14 The homes and buildings of our future need to be profoundly different
02:43 The global housing crisis is probably worse than you imagine
03:09 Soul-less housing and the housing doom loop
04:18 Construction and buildings from an environmental perspective
04:49 Inadequate housing on a global scale
05:49 The problem with drywall and re-building in natural disaster-prone areas
06:42 A radically different approach-New ways to build
07:33 It’s time for the construction industry to join the digital automated robotic revolution
08:07 First Principles and human dignity
09:48 What is ICON?
11:20 Benefits of 3D printing in homebuilding
12:58 ICON projects
15:02 Building humanity’s first home on another world
16:24 Building an analog Martian habitat
16:56 Creating new architectural languages for 3D printing and House Zero
19:12 The world’s first 3D printed neighborhood
19:40 Solving the global housing crisis
20:45 Diversity of housing with robots
21:46 Exploring the future of 3D printing construction
22:46 In the future neighborhoods, towns and cities will be built by robots
24:03 PBS Newshour anchor, Stephanie Sy, joins Jason Ballard for interview
24:16 Early days of ICON
26:03 ICON today and a look ahead
28:24 Building to scale
29:27 The humanity of robotic construction
30:40 America embracing mainstream 3D-printed homes
32:35 Sustainable building
36:23 3D printing on the Moon
38:48 Competition in the 3D printing construction industry
40:18 Technologist, futurist and humanitarian
42:20 How affordable is it to 3D print a house?
46:22 Will ICON continue to partner with builders or go directly to consumers?
48:32 Do high-end materials undermine the speed and efficiency of 3D printing a house?
49:44 How many printers does ICON have and how are they transported?
50:39 Advantages of ICON developing its own robotics, software and materials in-house
51:45 Applications for 3D printing technology
52:41 Addressing concerns and fears about robots and drones
53:28 ICON job sites
55:33 Skills of a 3D print technician
55:58 Supply chain shortage
57:11 Dispelling myths about 3D printed houses
58:18 Hanging pictures in a 3D printed house
58:46 How does ICON’s off-world work further its mission on Earth?