If it is worth 0$, nobody should want to live there; it has no value. A cardboard box has value.

I think maybe you've confused the meanings of the words "worth" and "cost." If this is worth nothing then it is worthless garbage but it isn't so it's not worth $0. Title is dumb af. Also it won't cost $0 either as the building materials may be free but the equipment use and power and labor and land aren't.

Yes I would..

Yep

Yes we have no alternative but to do so.

The land it's on isn't free.

The machine isn't free that's for sure. And I'm trying to figure out how they're hauling several tons of materials for free. And. The holes they are making for each structure. Not to mention there are areas of the world where seismic events occur and even though they have shapes that are supposedly resistant to those events, there doesn't seem to be alot of reinforcement in the walls to stand up to a big earthquake. I think the technology is really great. But these things and the title are overplaying their hands. And though some environmental "experts" love the idea, there are other "experts" who will do everything possible to stop these projects because of all the material that needs to be acquired. Several dozen structures are going to need alot of material.

Worse cost doesn't matter to worth. A house is worth $0 if and only if no-one would ever pay anything to live in it. (Or use it.) That's true if it's free to build, and that's true if it costs $1,000,000,000 per square foot to build. The only connection between cost and worth is that the builder of the latter is more insane than the builder of the former

It's worth nothing because no one wants to buy it probably lol.

Afordable efficient constructiin exists,.. sells it for a bilion dollar

I stopped disliking clickbait after I learned that KZfaq does not weigh positive or negative feedback but treats them the same as basic interaction video, so disliking several hundred times over actually aids in promoting the clickbait video. Very strange how the KZfaq algorithmic works.

It's worth 0$ because anyone with money would never want it, and anyone without money will be told that because they can not afford land, tax, building permits, etc...that they can not live in it...making it worth....NOTHING!!! Don't we live in a wonderful world.

@@christianlgolden Nope, I'd pay a reasonable mount of money for that as a garden nook, or garden storage. I'd pay a sizable proportion of what little I had if I were homeless.

@@calorus so if your homeless you'd trade your shopping cart? Random nick nacks picked up? Maybe some drugs? Sleeping bag? Blankets? Clothes? Cause homeless people don't exactly have much if any....money... You've never been homeless have you...?

@@moguldamongrel3054 It doesn't matter how little it's not $0. 50¢ ≠ $0

We are still in the infancy of 3D printing and robotics. Amazing things will happen in architecture in the coming century as the technology matures.

Like bricks which have been around for thousands of years.

@@plebiansociety I was thinking something of a bit larger scale with rebar in it that could take full advantage of the 3D framework. Crawl back in your casket.

@@golgothapro oh, like cinder/contruction concrete block?

@@plebiansociety Like a whole wall man, with round windows. What's wrong with you ? LOL

its a dumb gimmick on earth, but can make for great structures on planets like mars if they can source the materials right from the soil without having to haul lots of stuff on expensive rockets, also these structures, if built on mars, can help in defending against solar radiation and sandstorms. truthfully, nothing will be done for the impovershed because the people who have the money to do this will think its a waste of time and funds. there are factories that build modular houses for dirt cheap that can be assembled in under a month, but still will never be used because most rich people only think about getting more money

@@documentedmentaldegenerati9030 Prefab houses are often built to last only a few decades, I know because I'm in one that's 45 years old and needs to be rebuilt. I wonder how long these 3d printed houses would last.

@@joshuascholar3220 thas why thay are so cheao

@@joshuascholar3220 at least 15 years! (as long as it doesn't rain, the sun's not to bright, and mud is a perfect ratio of clay and unicorn tears)

We need to change how we think about economics as a whole, civilization has moved through many stages & adapted to new realities along the way. We would not be where we are today without slavery & it is the same with money but both are old solutions to old problems & just as slavery (mostly) has disappeared so to does money need to disappear. In a time where we have an abundance of goods, we still can't feed & house everyone but we have the ability to do both. The problem is the money based economy that truly only benefits a select few people or organisations. We need to change ourselves to the point where we do what is needed because it is right, not to get rewarded.

i find it funny that humans invented economy and we all treat it as it's above us as a species. it rules the world now. i feel like this is what A.I might become one day. we invent it. and then it starts ruling us and we won't even question it.

Also to building codes at least in North America, are completely prohibited to this type of construction.

If your house has windows, those will often be the first thing to go when exposed to rapidly increasing temperature.

Built with the right clays for fire resistance while the fire may gut the home the structure could remain and possibly grow stronger for it.

Yeah ı agree with u

I also live in AZ them would be perfect for our 🏜️ environment!!

living in tornado alley we were told a dome house would not blow away? We have a 16 x 80 mobile home that I fear would blow away. If it does maybe our next home could be concrete or mud?

Yes but the narration sounds like awful business buzzword bingo. It's so bad, there isn't a decent metaphor that I could think of that could illustrate that.

The house is worth 0 dollars. Nobody said the labor or the equipment was free. Settle down.

@@BawkBawkBawk666 No it isn't worth $0. It might cost $0 in materials not counting power or land or labor but the effort put into building it gives it useability over the already non-zero worth dirt it's made from and hence giving it worth or value. Even a cardboard box or a hole in the side of a hill is worth more than $0 for someone who has use for it so the title and premise are incorrect. This is just how the English language and logic work; sorry.

It can be solar powered. Not free, but very cheap. And currently workers are still needed, just for less time and fewer of them. Locally sourced materials reduce transport and manufacturing costs. As automation increases costs will go down and production will speed up so the cost of housing will fall. Land will still be expensive. Though the real question will be, where are we going to find the space to put all of these new houses?

@@zaibian7 What do you mean? 3% of the land's surface is dedicated to cities right now. Literal room for buildings isn't really a problem except for tiny island nations.

@@filonin2 not only on islands regretfully

framing and sheathing a house take 6-10 people, plus plumbing and electrical takes 6-10 people together, where you can cut labor costs in half or more this way. saving trees that make our oxygen as well. unfortunately, we have no population control, which is why we need cheap fast housing to account for all the current people and coming people. if you can do it better, then do it.

Yet 🙂

Well, it's faster than pouring concrete into formwork. Wood construction is not really comparable.

a house shell for a 2500 square foot house only costs 30k. The other 220k is the other stuff you put into a house. Electrical, plumbing, flooring, windows, doors, exterior finishing, heating and a/c, paint etc.

@@plebiansociety An ultra-small apartment over here costs around 40k just for rent.

It's clay and earth easier to repair than the cookie cutter stick homes we have today.. and if a car would drive into it I'd feel sorry for the driver and the 🚗 they both would be hurt..but not 3D printed house..

Just curious as to where to get certification as a laborer for these projects. There has to be for each state.

never thought of that? your right things do happen, we live in SE OK so a house can get damaged with high winds.

@@donnaloveall1195 I think that with concrete you'll be very safe with high winds. I've done a little construction and what is the most important part is how your roof is connected. Check with the building department of your city as to how a roof can be secured against high winds.

The unique challenges of the area must be kept in mind. This area is susceptible to flooding and high winds, so how the building is constructed has to take that into account. Looking under the homes they tend to be supported off the ground a bit to minimize the negative impacts of the former, and Im unsure how well a mud house would stand up to this. I do think it is a clever idea that should be used where it can, but I am uncertain if all areas would benefit from mud housing. Im willing to concede Ive not knowledgeable in the construction process, so its obvious I might miss something easy to note, but this is a concern I had considered. Tornadoes, hurricanes and flooding all being an issue in an area is not a common issue, however. Im sure its a relatively unique issue to small areas, but worth considering in these conversations.

Also ease of repair, especially after disasters.

There's a reason monocoque cars aren't common... Monocoque housing aka 3d printed houses have pluses and minuses. Repairability and durability are two major drawbacks to 3d printing.

look up aircrete !

6/10

You don't need 3D printing tech, to build with mud.

Like all adobe structures - with a thin layer of cement.

@@MrKnutriis ok. Never seen one before.

@@MrKnutriis Um, you do know that cement is porous right? the house will still leak.

@@matthewvandeventer3632 well, there is yet another thin layer of stucco on top of the cement, for color and final waterproofing.

I hear you -- but bricks (in the forms most people are familiar with) require certain types of clays & soils, and then have to be fired (essentially, baked like cakes) at certain temperatures. An alternative "brick" is made by filling a mold with concrete, but we're back to needing certain types of sands & gravels or the concrete will not hold together. Bricks also require a certain amount of specialized knowledge to use properly, especially if they're the primary material from which a building is made. They're also not as cheap as one might think; there's a reason that so many houses in the US from the late 1960s onwards are brick *veneer* instead of solid brick. I'm not sure 3D printing buildings is the way to go, since they will face some of the same issues re: consistency & chemistry of local sands/soils, but in areas where they *do* work they could be a less expensive and less labor-intensive alternative. Other technologies both old and new (rammed earth, earthbags, inflatables, etc.) really need to be looked at to solve the steadily-growing housing problem -- from both the viewpoint of structural needs and that of cost.

we live in south east Oklahoma and we get the wind and rain so I know what you mean. But they have 3D printed houses in Austin?

labor cost plus markup of materials

I think it means the materials are $0. As in once you have the machine it dosent cost anything more to print out the house. just time. (matinance cost not included

The only way to accomplish that would be one country conquering the world and mind control drugs and reeducation classes so lets go with less genocidal more realistic goals. Why would you think we're not already being balanced by nature? No animal balances itself and we won't either.

Although, a pick and place machine for bricks could be pretty cool

I don't remember which buildings they are but I have seen some that do that exact thing.

One the equipment is made cuts the cost of man labour makes them cheaper..the robots are still easier to fix than a broken back on a human..

You forgetting about people who will operate this mashine and transportation to the sight.

@@iautonomos I did not forget about people operating the machines. All that incurs costs and the costs rise ever higher and higher the more that technology is implemented. It's all about money. Not about the person.

What about less physically able/disabled people. Even if I had all supplies and permits, I wouldn't be able to build by hand.

no such thing as construction quality clay or purified clay. it's about the mix of materials in the right proportions to extrude without trouble and harden afterwards. like concrete, get the mix wrong, and it doesn't matter how pure the cement is.

@@andrewking2590 I don’t agree. In many places the clay contains too much other substances and don’t harden enough that you can build anything from it. So my definition for construction quality clay is that it can be used for construction purposes without heavy purification.

they already do this, making traditional adobe homes and in other countries they do the same thing using forms to make bricks that dry in the sun.

@@andrewking2590 I've heard about in some documentarys but I've only seen an actual mud or modified with cement in Arizona. IDK if they made bricks\large panels or they used Simon forms to form them in place. I'm pretty sure that it wasn't highly reinforced because they could cut and remove walls with a saw made from mostly barbed wire

It's 3D printing: You just leave spaces in the structure. Once it's built the electrician and plumber come along to fit the interiors.

About this comparison you're right but only in regard of what is available right now. It is an experimental process here focused on external walls (but it can produce inner walls too, and straight ones if desired). It could very well progress a lot during next decade, with a variety of new building materials and better finish, up to the point to become competitive with other wall building technics. Also it could be not competing with other technics, and just be an additional tool. We can imagine wooden inner walls made by cnc to get a very adjusted and fastly build interior, a bunch of solutions to cover external walls... this project is thought in order to promote this technology but does not use it at its full potential.