Using Enrico Dini’s D-Shape 3D printer, the architectural feat’s form will be printed in sections and concrete will be added to the structure to create the strength needed to make the building stable. It’s believed that the building can be completed sometime during 2014.
Ruijssenaars design is a part of the European competition that “aims to make a contribution to the reflection on, and debate about, European towns and cities.” According to Ruijssenaars, his project “will be the first 3D-printed building in the world. I hope it can be opened to the public when it's finished."
Whether or not Ruijssenaars building can be realized in a functional manner, I’d say his work rings true to the European spirit of “contributing to innovations in the field of special design.”
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