ICONs House Zero - 3D-printed Home Pushing Boundaries of Sustainable Architecture & Design ICON - 3D Tech 2022-03-02 | ICON's newest 3D-printed home, “House Zero” is the first in what ICON hopes will be an entirely new genre of homes that are specifically designed to utilize opportunities created by 3D printing. For this initial project in ICON’s “Exploration Series,” the team partnered with the award-winning Texas firm, Lake|Flato Architects, to push the boundaries of resilient and sustainable architecture and design.Located in East Austin, “House Zero,” was 3D printed by ICON’s next-gen Vulcan construction system and designed by Lake|Flato, known for their sustainable designs. Blending mid-century modernist ranch house aesthetics, the home features an elevated architectural and energy efficient design that highlights the benefits of resiliency and sustainability, with the digital possibilities of additive construction. “House Zero is ground zero for the emergence of entirely new design languages and architectural vernaculars that will use robotic construction to deliver the things we need most from our housing: comfort, beauty, dignity, sustainability, attainability, and hope,” said Jason Ballard, co-founder and CEO of ICON. “Houses like this are only possible with 3D printing, and this is the new standard of what 3D printing can mean for the world. My hope is that this home will provoke architects, developers, builders, and homeowners to dream alongside ICON about the exciting and hopeful future that robotic construction, and specifically 3D printing, makes possible. The housing of our future must be different from the housing we have known.”The innovative home, a 2,000+ sq-ft, 3 bedroom/2.5 bath home and a 350 sq-ft, a 1 bedroom/1 bath accessory dwelling unit, features ICON’s resilient 3D-printed wall system, which replaces a building system traditionally made up of multiple steps saving time, waste and cost. The walls of the home are made with a proprietary cementitious-based material, “Lavacrete,” insulation, and steel for reinforcing. Lavacrete provides thermal mass that slows heat transfer into the home and the combination of thermal mass, increased insulation, and an airtight wall increases the energy efficiency and reduces lifecycle costs. Find out more -- bit.ly/ICON-House-Zero
Homeowner How-Tos | ICON 3D-printed Homes ICON - 3D Tech 2024-09-25 | How do you hang art or a TV in a 3D-printed home? How do you repair a hole? Can you paint the walls?We're answering some of the most frequently-asked questions we receive at ICON in a new video series. Take a look at these short instructional videos to see how simple it can be!To explore ICON homes, visit www.iconbuild.com.#ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #iconhomes 00:00 Homeowner How-Tos00:04 How To Hang Art01:04 How to Hang a TV02:04 How to Repair a Hole02:46 Painting a 3D-printed HomeSoft Touch of Light: VYM0ITCDVV8EXTGE
Worlds First 3D-printed Hotel and Development | El Cosmico in Marfa, TX ICON - 3D Tech 2024-09-12 | EL COSMICO AND ICON ANNOUNCE GROUNDBREAKING OF WORLD’S FIRST 3D-PRINTED HOTEL AND DEVELOPMENT IN MARFA, TEXASICON’s Robotic Construction is Underway for New 60-acre Development Featuring Hotel, Bathhouse, Restaurant and Private Residences in West Texas, Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group__Hospitality visionary Liz Lambert and ICON, the leader of advanced construction technologies pioneering large-scale 3D printing, are now underway with construction for the first 3D-printed hotel and residences in Marfa, TX. Designed by the world-renowned BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, the relocation and expansion of El Cosmico to a 60+ acre property will showcase entirely new architectural approaches made possible by large-scale 3D-printing including domes, arches, vaults and parabolic forms. The innovative development will feature El Cosmico guest accommodations, new hospitality programming, including a pool, bathhouse and restaurant, as well as private residences. El Cosmico will continue to celebrate the convergence of creative culture and the natural desert environment of the Far West Texas landscape.Connected to the hotel, the collection of the BIG-designed three and four bedroom “Sunday Homes” available for sale feature expansive views of the Davis Mountains and range from 2,000 sq. ft to 2,500 sq. ft on 1+ acre lots. The first model home is expected to be completed by the end of this year with additional units to follow. More information on home sales can be found at elcosmicohomes.com.Another facet of the project will be to build additional 3D-printed affordable housing units in Marfa to serve the evolving needs of the town where the existing El Cosmico now sits. The designs for these homes will be selected from ICON’s Initiative 99 global architecture competition where more that 60 countries were represented in the contest submissions.#3DPrinting #Construction #icon #marfa #westtexas Porch Paint: KOFOZC8RCBX6B8WBCanyon Call: 7TL8YAOC76VNMZTQ
Living in a 3D-printed home | ICON Homeowner Stories ICON - 3D Tech 2024-08-05 | Hear from homeowners about what drew them to purchase and why they chose one of our 3D-printed homes in Georgetown, Texas at Wolf Ranch built with Lennar and co-designed by BIG.ICON has homes throughout Texas and many more on the way. Explore our homes at iconbuild.com/homes #3DPrinting #Construction #ICONHomes
3D Printing Architectural Geometries for Homes | ICON ICON - 3D Tech 2024-05-08 | Ctrl/Cmd+P. Waves...curves...straightaways...basket weave...3D printing architectural geometries to accentuate portions of homes or buildings. Come build with us. Visit www.iconbuild.com to get in touch.#ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #ICONHomes
ICONs Technology Showcase | DOMUS EX MACHINA at SXSW 2024 ICON - 3D Tech 2024-03-28 | We invite you to watch ICON's official SXSW 2024 showcase event, DOMUS EX MACHINA, where we announced a new suite of products and technologies designed to further automate construction including a radical new robotic printer that enables multi-story construction, a new low-carbon building material, a digital catalog for residential architecture with more than 60 ready-to-build home designs, and an AI Architect for home design and construction. We believe that together these technologies make our construction technology platform a faster, more sustainable way to build high-quality housing affordably around the world.Additionally during the showcase event, Initiative 99 winning designs were revealed from phase I of the global architecture competition to reimagine affordable housing that could be built for $99,000 or less without sacrificing beauty, dignity, comfort, sustainability, or resiliency. More than 60 countries from all over the world were represented in the submissions with six winners and ten honorable mentions being awarded prize money from the $1M prize purse during the event and presented by Wells Fargo, lead supporter of the competition.“In the future, I believe nearly all construction will be done by robots, and nearly all construction-related information will be processed and managed by AI systems," said Jason Ballard, co-founder and CEO of ICON. "It is clear to me that this is the way to cut the cost and time of construction in half while making homes that are twice as good and more faithfully express the values and hopes of the people who live in them. We are going to need the same velocity of ambitious technological breakthroughs that we’ve experienced in these past few years, but we know where we are headed. Going forward, ICON is an AI and robotics company focused on transforming the way we build and accelerating what we believe is a very exciting future."If you are a person who wants to own an ICON home, we want to hear from you so that we know what to design, where to build and what your hopes are for your own future. If you are a developer who needs support to deliver your project ahead of schedule and under budget and feel good about what you’ve created in the world, we want to build with you. If you are a builder who wants to take the most advanced construction tools in the world with you into the field, we want to work with you. If you are an architect, who wants to help us develop entirely new design languages and architectural vernaculars that align with your culture, values and imagination, we want to work together. We want to bring the entire industry together and equip everyone with the tools to properly build our future.Visit www.iconbuild.com to get in touch and learn more.#ICON#3DPrinting #Construction #iconhomes #ai 00:00 Intro00:24 ICON journey07:16 Initiative 99 10:28 Initiative 99 finalist stories19:26 Initiative 99 winners revealed27:35 Costs of Home Construction31:37 ICON way of building at $34 per square foot40:08 Low-carbon concrete for most sustainable way to build at scale44:44 Introducing Phoenix, new multi-story 3D printer49:35 Phoenix prints 27 foot-tall structure52:08 Phoenix orders starting at $25 a square foot for walls54:39 Software innovations to increase speed and lower costs57:52 CODEX, a digital catalog of home designs01:04:27 How to get projects on time and on budget leveraging software innovations01:07:14 Vitruvius AI system to build and design homes01:13:08 Bjarke Ingels guest appearance01:19:48 Vitruvius live demo01:30:19 Closing
Highlights from ICONs Technology Showcase | DOMUS EX MACHINA at SXSW 2024 ICON - 3D Tech 2024-03-27 | View highlights from ICON's DOMUS EX MACHINA, a technology showcase event held during SXSW 2024 in Austin, TX. A whole new suite of technologies and products were unveiled that further automate construction including a radical new robotic printer that enables multi-story construction, a new low-carbon building material, a digital catalog for residential architecture with more than 60 ready-to-build home designs, and an AI Architect for home design and construction. We believe that together these technologies make our construction technology platform a faster, more sustainable way to build high-quality housing affordably around the world.To watch the full showcase -- youtu.be/wUjvmYv3_-I#icon #3DPrinting #Construction #ICONHomes
Multistory Robot to 3D Print Homes | ICON Unveils Phoenix ICON - 3D Tech 2024-03-15 | Phoenix is ICON's new multi-story robotic construction system which introduces the capability of printing an entire building enclosure including foundations and roof structures. The first engineering prototype of Phoenix has completed a 27-foot-tall architectural demonstration structure, now on display in Austin, TX. By increasing speed and size and decreasing setup time and the number of required operators, this advanced robotic system will reduce ICON printing costs by half. ICON is now taking orders for projects using Phoenix starting at $25/square foot for wall systems or $80/square foot including foundation and roof.Get in touch to build with ICON at www.iconbuild.comAnimation by Bucharest Studios #ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #ICONHomes #3dprinting #robotics
Initiative 99 Winners Announced | ICON ICON - 3D Tech 2024-03-13 | ICON invited students, designers and architects from around the world to help us tackle the world housing crisis by designing homes that could be built for $99,000 or less with ICON's 3D-printed construction technology. Participants across 60+ countries submitted innovative home designs from which we selected six winning designs in the open and students categories. Wells Fargo, lead supporter of Initiative 99, also announced on stage their foundation has committed $500,000 in grant funding to Mobile Loaves & Fishes to bring to life Initiative 99-designed homes and see multiple homes built at Community First! Village to serve the underhoused community.Learn more at Initiative99.com00:00 Juan Felipe Molano00:58 Casa Fami2:00 Victoria Roznowski2:56 MT Space4:13 For Everyday Life5:09 Beta Realites#ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #ICONHomes #architecture #competition #affordablehousing
Vitruvius | Your AI Architect ICON - 3D Tech 2024-03-12 | Introducing Vitruvius, Your AI Architect for designing and building homes.The ultimate goal of Vitruvius is to take human and project inputs and produce robust architecture, plans, permit-ready designs, budgets, and schedules. Vitruvius will help anyone design homes and generate floor plans, interior renders, and exterior renders in minutes based on their own desires, budgets, and feedback. By the end of 2024, Vitruvius will progress all the way through schematic designs and in the following year we believe the AI architect will be able to produce full construction documents as well as permit-ready designs, budgets, and schedules. What truly makes Vitruvius unique is the combination of design and construction know-how. That knowledge is what allows Vitruvius to produce designs that can actually be built. Join the list to be the first to experience the Vitruvius beta at vitruvius.ai.#ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #ICONHomes #AI #architecture #architect
CODEX | ICONs Digital Home Design Catalog ICON - 3D Tech 2024-03-12 | How do we accomplish complete integrity architecture and beautiful design, while also making our homes more affordable and faster to build? The answer is CODEX - a digital home design catalog of ICON’s developer ready-to-print homes currently featuring more than 60 designs within five unique collections. Each collection has been created to address homeowners' most pressing concerns from providing safety against environmental impacts while elevating livability, to long term resiliency and inventive beauty, CODEX maximizes the human living experience.The aim of CODEX is to make high-design and high-performance residential architecture available at all price points. CODEX allows builders, developers, and home buyers to build with ICON quickly and affordably using world-class architecture. We hope this will become the most comprehensive digital catalog of buildable home designs in the world. Explore CODEX at codex.iconbuild.com#icon #3DPrinting #construction #ICONHomes #architecture #design
27 Ft-tall 3D-printed Structure Built by New Robot | ICONs Multi-Story Robotic Construction System ICON - 3D Tech 2024-03-12 | On March 12, 2024, ICON unveiled Phoenix, its new multi-story robotic construction system which introduces the capability of printing an entire building enclosure including foundations and roof structures. The first engineering prototype of Phoenix days before had completed a 27-foot-tall architectural demonstration structure, now on display in Austin, TX. By increasing speed and size and decreasing setup time and the number of required operators, this advanced robotic system will reduce ICON printing costs by half. ICON is now taking orders for projects using Phoenix starting at $25/square foot for wall systems or $80/square foot including foundation and roof.Get in touch to build with ICON at www.iconbuild.com #ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #ICONHomes #3dprinting #robotics
CARBONX | ICONs Advanced Low Carbon Concrete ICON - 3D Tech 2024-03-12 | ICON’s CarbonX is a new low-carbon extrudable/printable concrete formula. When paired with ICON’s wall system and robotic construction methods, ICON’s CarbonX formula is the lowest carbon residential building system ready to be used at scale. A white paper co-authored with the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub, “Reducing carbon emissions in the built environment: A case study in 3D-printed homes” (published March 12, 2024), features a case study of 3D-printed homes employing CarbonX. The life cycle assessment results of the white paper show that the embodied and operational impacts of 3D-printed homes are lower than stick-framed construction. ICON will be shipping CarbonX to the field in April 2024. ICON has also announced that it will make its material available to other projects and customers, not only its own 3D-printed projects. Future formulations of CarbonX are already in development to reduce carbon footprint even further and are expected to be announced in the coming year.Learn more at www.iconbuild.com#ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #ICONHomes #carbonx #cement #sustainablesolutions
Join us on a Journey About the Sunday Homes at El Cosmico in Marfa, TX ft. Liz Lambert | ICON ICON - 3D Tech 2024-03-08 | Visionary in design and hospitality, Liz Lambert, talks about the euphoric beauty of Marfa, Texas and the inspiration behind our collaboration for the Sunday Homes at El Cosmico designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group.#ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #ICONHomes #LizLambert #Marfa #BIG
Sneak Peek of Initiative 99 Global Architecture Competition for Affordable Housing ICON - 3D Tech 2024-01-16 | Last year, we called upon architects and designers from across the globe to join us in reimagining the future of affordable housing. The world responded.We received hundreds of submissions representing more than 60 countries. Winning designs from this global architecture competition to design beautiful and resilient homes for $99,000 or less will be revealed as part of ICON’s line up at our official SXSW showcase event DOMUS EX MACHINA on March 12, 2024. ICON is committed to building a selection of the winning designs at multiple locations to be announced.RSVP to join us in Austin, TX at The Long Center for the Performing Arts.domusexmachina.splashthat.com#icon #3DPrinting #Construction #ICONHomes
3D-printed Homes Now Available at Wolf Ranch | ICON ICON - 3D Tech 2023-07-20 | Four model homes now available to tour!Check out one of the four fully-furnished 3D-printed model homes built by Lennar and ICON and codesigned by BIG is complete at the 100-home community in Georgetown, TX.A selection of these innovative homes are also now available to purchase through Lennar. Can’t tour in person? Take an immersive virtual tour at homes.iconbuild.com/wolf-ranch/.___________________#3dprinting #homes #construction #additivemanufacturing #robots #architecture #inspiration #housingcrisis #technology #innovation #future #ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #ICONHomes
3D Printing Homes | Extrusion Compilation July 2023 | ICON ICON - 3D Tech 2023-07-13 | 82 homes and structures to date. Hundreds on the way. ICON's fleet of robots are designed and engineered from the ground up for volume 3D printing of homes with precision and speed.To learn more or join our team, visit www.ICONbuild.com.#ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #ICONHomes
First 3D-printed Homes Now Available at Wolf Ranch | ICON + Lennar + Co-designed by BIG ICON - 3D Tech 2023-06-05 | The first six 3D-printed homes at Wolf Ranch are now available. VIP registration is open June 5 - 9, 2023 with Lennar's sales release drawing happening this Saturday, June 10. You must be registered to enter for the chance to purchase.The 100-home community at Wolf Ranch in Georgetown, Texas is built by Lennar and ICON and codesigned by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group. Nestled in the Texas Hill Country, this innovative community features eight floorplans, 24 elevations, and is powered by the sun with rooftop solar panels. Ranging from 1,500 to 2,100 square feet, the Genesis Collection at Wolf Ranch sets the standard for the future of homebuilding--technologically advanced, energy efficient and architecturally striking homes.Take a tour today of the largest community of 3D-printed homes in the world at homes.iconbuild.com/wolf-ranchRegister to purchase one of the first six homes at Wolf Ranch at www.lennar.com/3Dprintedhomes#ICON #3dprinting #construction #Texas #homes #technology #future
3D-printed Arches and Domes | ICON ICON - 3D Tech 2023-05-19 | Large-scale 3D-printing enables the fabrication of complex computationally-derived geometries including domes, arches, vaults, freeform surfaces, and parabolic forms.At ICON, we continue to innovate and develop new architectural typologies through advanced computational design and robotic construction. Using our technology, we are optimizing our capabilities to 3D print entire building enclosures. The benefits of 3D-printed homes continue to increase as we print more of the home.Visit www.iconbuild.com to learn more.#ICON #3DPrinting #Domes #Construction #ICONHomes
Take a Tour of the 100-home Community Built by Robots | ICON ICON - 3D Tech 2023-05-11 | Immersive virtual tours are now available for the 3D-printed 100-home community at Wolf Ranch in Georgetown, Texas! The innovative homes built by Lennar and ICON and codesigned by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group are nestled in the Texas Hill Country and feature eight floorplans, 24 elevations, and will be powered by the sun with rooftop solar panels. Ranging from 1,500 to 2,100 square feet, the Genesis Collection at Wolf Ranch sets the standard for the future of homebuilding--technologically advanced, energy efficient and architecturally striking homes.Take a tour today of the largest community of 3D-printed homes in the world and find out more on how you can be one of the first to purchase a home at Wolf Ranch. Sales begin for these resilient, one-of-a-kind homes on June 10, 2023 with Lennar.Explore the homes at homes.iconbuild.com/wolf-ranch#ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #Texas #Homes #technology #future
Worlds First 3D-printed Performance Pavilion | ICON ICON - 3D Tech 2023-05-05 | During SXSW 2023 ICON, Liz Lambert and BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group unveiled the first 3D-printed outdoor performance pavilion at The Long Center for The Performing Arts in Austin, TX. The Cosmic Pavilion serves as a gathering space for culture, community and the city and offers one of the best views of the Austin skyline. The sculptural landmark and outdoor venue will help further the nonprofit's mission of being the city's most diverse performing and cultural arts hub.The project celebrates the newly announced partnership to reimagine the rebuild El Cosmico in Marfa, TX and parallels architectural design themes—cosmic organizations, perfect geometries, and organic forms—planned for the new El Cosmico, currently a 21-acre unique campground hotel in Marfa. The relocation and expansion of El Cosmico to more than 60 acres will showcase entirely new architectural approaches made possible by large-scale 3D-printing including domes, arches, vaults and parabolic forms. The innovative development will feature El Cosmico guest units in addition to new hospitality programming, including a pool, batthouse, and shared communal facilities. Breaking ground in 2024, El Cosmico will continue to celebrate the convergence of creative culture and the minimalistic natural environment of the Marfa landscape.To learn more about El Cosmico, visit www.elcosmicohomes.com.To enjoy programming at The Long Center, visit www.thelongcenter.org.#ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #architecture #design #engineering #SXSW #arts #concerts #music #theater #Austin
Buy a 3D-printed Home in Texas - Sales Begin June 10 ICON - 3D Tech 2023-04-11 | See the construction progress on the 100-home 3D-printed community built by Lennar and ICON and codesigned by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group.The Genesis Collection at Wolf Ranch sets the standard for the future of homebuilding—technologically advanced, energy efficient and architecturally striking homes. Developed by Hillwood Communities, the 3 and 4 bedroom homes offer 8 stunning floorplans with 24 unique elevations ranging from 1,500 to 2,100+ square feet.Sales begin for these innovative, resilient homes on June 10, 2023 with Lennar. #ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #Texas #Homes #technology #future
El Cosmico 3D-printed Homes in Marfa, TX with Liz Lambert | Bjarke Ingels Group | ICON ICON - 3D Tech 2023-03-29 | BIG ⚡ ICONic ⚡ Cosmic ⚡!We're teaming up with Liz Lambert and BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group to reimagine and 3D print a new El Cosmico in Marfa, TX! The more than 60-acre community development and expansion will feature housing, hospitality amenities and a 3D-printed hotel.Featuring organic curves and domes set amidst the vast high desert landscape, the homes and structures seamlessly carry forward El Cosmico's tradition of merging art, nature and hospitality. The collection of the BIG-designed two, three and four bedroom Sunday Homes will feature expansive views of the Davis Mountains and range from 1,200 sq. ft. to 2,200 sq. ft. Another facet of the project will be to assess the opportunity to 3D-print affordable housing in Marfa to serve the evolving needs of the town.Sign up to stay updated on when you could purchase a home at El Cosmico at www.elcosmicohomes.com#ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #Marfa #Texas #westtexas #domes #hospitality #homes #architecture #design
A Moonshot for Affordable Housing - Official SXSW 2023 Panel | ICON ICON - 3D Tech 2023-03-23 | A MOONSHOT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING - Official SXSW 2023 PanelIt seems an obvious, rational, and humane thing to wish that every human on the planet had a dignified place to live… a safe place to call home. To end the global housing crisis, we need homes for one billion people in a working lifetime. It is impossible for a person to flourish without decent shelter, and it will be impossible for a civilization to prosper unless it can dependably provide humane housing to live in without ruining the planet we live on. Housing is likely one of a small number of rate-limiting steps to the incredible future we dream of and want.How can architecture, design, robotics and be in service to humanity to address housing needs? Can there be a universal solution for accessible, affordable housing that is beautiful, dignified and meets the needs of those who lack access?If shelter and housing are that important, it’s time we treat it that way. It’s time we attack the problem just as energetically as we’ve attacked other human challenges in the past. We need a moonshot for affordable housing.This is a time for global architectural, design, and the building community to come together with all the creativity, energy, passion, and focus they can muster to design the homes and the future that humanity wants… one where dignified, beautiful, and sustainable homes are available and accessible all over the world.The vision of a home with construction costs under $99k has inspired and motivated city planners, developers, officials and others for decades. And yet conventional approaches to design and delivery have repeatedly come up short and produced underwhelming results. Advanced technologies provide advanced opportunities, and we need to begin aggressively exploring them together.Join ICON CEO Jason Ballard and special guests Bjarke Ingels (BIG), Michelle Addington (University of Texas School of Architecture) and Sarah Satterlee (Mobile Loaves & Fishes) as they ignite a call to action on the future of accessible housing and share visions that could change the way we design and build for our global community.Learn more at www.initiative99.com #ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #ICONHomes #architecture #affordablehousing
Announcing Initiative 99 - A Global Architecture Competition | ICON ICON - 3D Tech 2023-03-22 | During SXSW 2023, ICON announced a global architecture competition 'Initiative 99' aimed at designing accessible, beautiful, and dignified 3D-printed homes that can be built for under $99k.Registration for the competition opens in May 23, 2023 and architects from all over the world including firms, individuals, and university students are encouraged to participate. The multi-phase competition offers a total prize purse of $1 million (USD). ICON is committed to building a selection of the winning designs at multiple locations to be announced in the future. “We need a moonshot for affordable housing, and I believe Initiative 99 will be the most important architectural competition in history,” said Jason Ballard, co-founder and CEO ICON. “The current affordable housing landscape seems to have been designed and built without taking beauty, aesthetics, comfort, sustainability, and resiliency as serious requirements. It’s time we attack this problem just as energetically as we’ve addressed other human challenges in the past.”Everyone deserves a safe and dignified place to call home, but for over 1.6 billion people in our world today, that’s just not the reality. Home ownership shouldn’t be a dream. A resilient, dignified and beautiful home should be accessible and affordable.We invite you to help us solve this problem with new and novel 3D-printed home designs. Now is your opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives by creating home designs that leverage robotic construction.Learn more at www.initiative99.com #3DPrinting #Construction #ICONHomes #architecture #design
3D Printing Homes | Extrusion Compilation December 2022 | ICON ICON - 3D Tech 2022-12-21 | Deployed around the country, ICON’s fleet of robots are delivering beautiful, resilient and dignified homes and structures. To learn more or join our team, visit https://ICONbuild.com.#ICON #3Dprint #3Dprinting #construction #ItsTimeToBuild #architecture #innovation #technology
3D Printing on the Moon and Beyond for NASA | Project Olympus - Off-world Construction | ICON ICON - 3D Tech 2022-11-29 | ICON TO DEVELOP LUNAR SURFACE CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM WITH $57.2 MILLION NASA AWARDSBIR Phase III Contract Furthers ICON’s Space-based Construction Technology Developments & Will Target Humanity’s First-ever Construction on Another Planetary Body.....ICON, a leader in advanced construction technologies and large-scale 3D printing, announced that it has received a contract awarded under Phase III of NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The nearly $60 million contract builds upon previous NASA and Department of Defense funding for ICON’s Project Olympus to research and develop space-based construction systems to support planned exploration of the Moon and beyond. ICON’s Olympus system is intended to be a multi-purpose construction system primarily using local Lunar and Martian resources as building materials to further the efforts of NASA as well as commercial organizations to establish a sustained lunar presence. “To change the space exploration paradigm from ‘there and back again’ to ‘there to stay,’ we’re going to need robust, resilient, and broadly capable systems that can use the local resources of the Moon and other planetary bodies. We’re pleased that our research and engineering to-date has demonstrated that such systems are indeed possible, and we look forward to now making that possibility a reality,” said Jason Ballard, ICON co-founder and CEO. “The final deliverable of this contract will be humanity’s first construction on another world, and that is going to be a pretty special achievement.”Highlighting the commonalities between advanced construction on earth and in space, ICON will continue to pioneer methods and technologies to solve some of the most vexing construction challenges facing our species from affordable housing to living on other planets. ICON’s selection for this award is a vote of confidence in the young, growing company and its mission to revolutionize the construction industry both on Earth and off."In order to explore other worlds, we need innovative new technologies adapted to those environments and our exploration needs," said Niki Werkheiser, director of technology maturation in NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate. "Pushing this development forward with our commercial partners will create the capabilities we need for future missions."Learn more: iconbuild.com/off-world-construction#ICON #ItsTimeToBuild #3Dprinting #offworldconstruction #Moon #NASA #Mars #technology #innovation #architecture #engineering #future Music by Emery Dobyns and Kevin GriffinAnimation by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and Bucharest Studio
100 Home 3D-printed Community By ICON + Lennar + Co-designed by BIG ICON - 3D Tech 2022-11-10 | ICON's fleet of robots have been deployed to print 100 homes in Georgetown, TX. Built in partnership with Lennar and co-designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, “The Genesis Collection at Wolf Ranch'' sets the standard for the future of homebuilding—technologically advanced, energy efficient and architecturally striking. Developed by Hillwood Communities, the 3 and 4 bedroom homes offer 8 stunning floorplans with 24 unique elevations ranging from 1,500 to 2,100+ square feet. Reservations begin in 2023. Sign up and be the first to know when you can reserve a home: bit.ly/GetOnICONsList#ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #ItsTimeToBuild #shorts
100 Home 3D-printed Community By ICON + Lennar + Co-designed by BIG ICON - 3D Tech 2022-11-10 | ICON's fleet of robots have been deployed to print 100 homes in Georgetown, TX. Built in partnership with Lennar and co-designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, “The Genesis Collection at Wolf Ranch'' sets the standard for the future of homebuilding—technologically advanced, energy efficient and architecturally striking. Developed by Hillwood Communities, the 3 and 4 bedroom homes offer 8 stunning floorplans with 24 unique elevations ranging from 1,500 to 2,100+ square feet. Reservations begin in 2023. Sign up and be the first to know when you can reserve a home: bit.ly/GetOnICONsList#ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #ItsTimeToBuild
Its Time to Build | Jason Ballard, ICON CEO | SXSW 2022 Featured Talk ICON - 3D Tech 2022-04-07 | 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.Learn more about ICON at bit.ly/ICON-websiteFuture city animation by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and Bucharest Studio#ICON #3DPrinting #Construction #ItsTimeToBuild #ICONHouseZero #SXSW #SXSW202200:00 introduction of Jason Ballard, speaker, and Stephanie Sy, moderator00:54 It’s time to build02:14 The homes and buildings of our future need to be profoundly different02:43 The global housing crisis is probably worse than you imagine03:09 Soul-less housing and the housing doom loop04:18 Construction and buildings from an environmental perspective04:49 Inadequate housing on a global scale05:49 The problem with drywall and re-building in natural disaster-prone areas06:42 A radically different approach—New ways to build07:33 It’s time for the construction industry to join the digital automated robotic revolution08:07 First Principles and human dignity09:48 What is ICON?11:20 Benefits of 3D printing in homebuilding12:58 ICON projects15:02 Building humanity’s first home on another world16:24 Building an analog Martian habitat 16:56 Creating new architectural languages for 3D printing and House Zero19:12 The world’s first 3D printed neighborhood19:40 Solving the global housing crisis20:45 Diversity of housing with robots21:46 Exploring the future of 3D printing construction22:46 In the future neighborhoods, towns and cities will be built by robots24:03 PBS Newshour anchor, Stephanie Sy, joins Jason Ballard for interview24:16 Early days of ICON26:03 ICON today and a look ahead28:24 Building to scale29:27 The humanity of robotic construction30:40 America embracing mainstream 3D-printed homes32:35 Sustainable building36:23 3D printing on the Moon38:48 Competition in the 3D printing construction industry40:18 Technologist, futurist and humanitarian42:20 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-house51:45 Applications for 3D printing technology52:41 Addressing concerns and fears about robots and drones53:28 ICON job sites55:33 Skills of a 3D print technician55:58 Supply chain shortage57:11 Dispelling myths about 3D printed houses58:18 Hanging pictures in a 3D printed house58:46 How does ICON’s off-world work further its mission on Earth?
3D-printed Homes by ICON | Austin, TX | Developer 3Strands ICON - 3D Tech 2021-08-31 | 3D-printed homes continue to hit the Austin real estate market.This multi-home mainstream housing development in East Austin leverages ICON’s proprietary 3D printing technology to construct safer, more resilient homes to meet the current demand in one of the hottest real estate markets in the U.S.Designed by Logan Architecture, the first floor of these highly energy efficient homes designed were 3D printed using ICON’s Vulcan construction system and its advanced material that is stronger and longer-lasting than traditional building materials. 3D printing technology provides safer, more resilient homes that are designed to withstand fire, flood, wind and other natural disasters better than conventionally built homes.Nestled in the fast-growing East Austin neighborhood, the development has four homes, two of which sold within days of their listing in March 2021. All four homes feature large covered front porches, covered parking, open concept floor plans, bespoke interior design, vaulted master bedrooms, large North-facing windows, secluded office/bedrooms, and minimalist architectural aesthetic.Austin-based designer Claire Zinnecker joined the project to design the interior finishes and fixture selection. Her approach for these spaces was a modernized West Texas design with a simplified palette featuring natural woods, metal finishes and earthy tile colors.The remaining two homes in the development hit the market today by 3Strands and DEN Property Group. For more visit, www.iconbuild.com/updates.
3D-printed Barracks for Women & Men Serving the U.S. | ICON & TMD ICON - 3D Tech 2021-08-16 | The Texas Military Department (TMD) has partnered with Austin-based construction technologies company, ICON, to design and 3D-print an innovative training barracks at the Camp Swift Training Center in Bastrop, TX. As the largest 3D printed structure in North America, the 3,800 sq.-ft. building is set to house up to 72 soldiers or airmen at their primary facility while they train for missions in Texas or overseas marking these the first soldiers in the world to live in 3D-printed barracks.“Guardsmen from all over Texas come to Camp Swift to train and to mobilize for deployments,” said Col. Zebadiah Miller, Director of Facilities, Texas Military Department “The printed barracks will not only provide our Soldiers a safe and comfortable place to stay while they train, but because they are printed in concrete, we anticipate them to last for decades.” This marks the first project underway for ICON with the Texas Military Department and is a result from a SBIR Strategic Fund Increase (STRATFI) contract through the AFVentures to which TMD contributed funds. TMD and AFWERX, the USAF in-house innovation incubator, sought out to create barracks of the future by using construction scale 3D printing technology. The 3D-printed barracks, designed by Logan Architecture and structural engineering by Fort Structures, is the latest project using ICON’s next generation Vulcan construction system and proprietary material to deliver sustainable and resilient housing that is longer-lasting than traditional buildings. ICON’s proprietary technology provides a new option for the U.S. Military to leverage commercial additive manufacturing to produce safe, strong and energy efficient structures at speed and with design freedom for our soldiers at home and overseas. “It is an honor for the ICON team to work alongside TMD, AFWERX and the Defense Innovation Unit to have created these resilient, energy efficient 3D-printed barracks that soldiers can now call home during their training,” said Evan Loomis, co-founder of ICON. “ICON continues our missional work to deliver dignified, resilient shelter for social housing, disaster-relief housing, market-rate homes, and now, homes for those serving our country. We are scaling this technology across Texas, the U.S., and eventually the world. This is the beginning of a true paradigm shift in homebuilding.”For more information, visit www.iconbuild.com/updates. PROJECT PARTNERS:Partner: Texas Military DepartmentPartner: AFWERX and Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC)Construction and Technology: ICONArchitecture: Logan ArchitectureStructural Engineering: Fort Structures
NASAs Mars Surface Simulated Habitat | 3D Printed by ICON, designed by BIG ICON - 3D Tech 2021-08-06 | ICON 3D PRINTS THE FIRST SIMULATED MARS SURFACE HABITAT FOR NASA DESIGNED BY RENOWNED ARCHITECTURE FIRM, BIG-BJARKE INGELS GROUP Mars Dune Alpha, the 3D-printed Habitat Located at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, Will Aid in Long-duration Science Missions ICON, developer of advanced construction technologies including robotics, software, and building materials, announced it has been awarded a subcontract through Jacobs supporting NASA’s The Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) to deliver a 3D-printed habitat, known as Mars Dune Alpha, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. ICON’s next-gen Vulcan construction system will complete a 1,700 square-foot structure, designed by world-renowned architecture firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, that will simulate a realistic Mars habitat to support long-duration, exploration-class space missions.CHAPEA is a sequence of three one-year Mars surface mission simulations at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. The analog missions will provide valuable insights and information to assess NASA’s space food system, as well as physical and behavioral health and performance outcomes for future space missions. NASA will use research from the Mars Dune Alpha simulations to inform risk and resource trades to support crew health and performance for future missions to Mars when astronauts would live and work on the Red planet for long periods of time.Future space exploration habitats have the potential to be 3D printed with additive construction technology to eliminate the need to launch large quantities of building materials on multiple flights, which is cost prohibitive.“This is the highest-fidelity simulated habitat ever constructed by humans,” said Jason Ballard, co-founder and CEO, ICON. “Mars Dune Alpha is intended to serve a very specific purpose--to prepare humans to live on another planet. We wanted to develop the most faithful analog possible to aid in humanity's dream to expand into the stars. 3D printing the habitat has further illustrated to us that construction-scale 3D printing is an essential part of humanity's toolkit on Earth and to go to the Moon and Mars to stay. ” Life in Mars Dune Alpha will resemble the expected experience for those living in a future Mars surface habitat. Designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, the layout of the innovative structure is organized in a gradient of privacy. Four private crew quarters will be located on one end of the habitat; dedicated workstations, medical stations and food-growing stations are located on the opposite end, with shared living spaces found in between. Varying ceiling heights vertically segmented by an arching shell structure accentuate the unique experience of each area to avoid spatial monotony and crew member fatigue. A mix of fixed and movable furniture will allow crew members to reorganize the habitat according to their daily needs, as will the customizable lighting, temperature, and sound control – helping regulate the daily routine, circadian rhythm, and overall well being of the crew.“Together with NASA and ICON, we are investigating what humanity’s home on another planet will entail from the human experience,” says Bjarke Ingels, Founder and Creative Director, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group. “The data gained from this habitat research will directly inform NASA’s standards for long-duration exploration missions, and as such will potentially lay the foundation for a new Martian vernacular. Mars Dune Alpha will take us one step closer to becoming a multiplanetary species.”Ballard continued, “Bjarke Ingels and the team at BIG are incredible thought leaders in the architecture space. It was important to have a partner who believed in this transformative role of the future of construction and who could help us imagine pioneering new frontiers -- both materially, technologically and environmentally.”NASA has begun its recruitment for the long-duration Mars mission analog study inside the 3D-printed habitat. Applications to participate as crew are being accepted through the mid-September 2021 for the one-year analog mission that starts in Fall 2022. To learn more or to apply, visit www.nasa.gov/chapea/participate. ICON also received funding from NASA and launched “Project Olympus” to begin research and development of a space-based construction system to support future exploration of the Moon. As part of a government Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract, “Project Olympus” brought ICON and BIG together again to imagine humanity’s first home on another world.For more information visit www.iconbuild.com.Animation by: BrickConcept Renderings by: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group
ICON 3D Prints the First Simulated Mars Surface Habitat for NASA ICON - 3D Tech 2021-08-06 | ICON, developer of advanced construction technologies including robotics, software, and building materials, announced it has been awarded a subcontract through Jacobs supporting NASA’s The Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) to deliver a 3D-printed habitat, known as Mars Dune Alpha, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. ICON’s next-gen Vulcan construction system will complete a 1,700 square-foot structure, designed by world-renowned architecture firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, that will simulate a realistic Mars habitat to support long-duration, exploration-class space missions.CHAPEA is a sequence of three one-year Mars surface mission simulations at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. The analog missions will provide valuable insights and information to assess NASA’s space food system, as well as physical and behavioral health and performance outcomes for future space missions. NASA will use research from the Mars Dune Alpha simulations to inform risk and resource trades to support crew health and performance for future missions to Mars when astronauts would live and work on the Red planet for long periods of time.Future space exploration habitats have the potential to be 3D printed with additive construction technology to eliminate the need to launch large quantities of building materials on multiple flights, which is cost prohibitive.Life in Mars Dune Alpha will resemble the expected experience for those living in a future Mars surface habitat. Designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, the layout of the innovative structure is organized in a gradient of privacy. Four private crew quarters will be located on one end of the habitat; dedicated workstations, medical stations and food-growing stations are located on the opposite end, with shared living spaces found in between. Varying ceiling heights vertically segmented by an arching shell structure accentuate the unique experience of each area to avoid spatial monotony and crew member fatigue. A mix of fixed and movable furniture will allow crew members to reorganize the habitat according to their daily needs, as will the customizable lighting, temperature, and sound control – helping regulate the daily routine, circadian rhythm, and overall well being of the crew.NASA has begun its recruitment for the long-duration Mars mission analog study inside the 3D-printed habitat. Applications to participate as crew are being accepted through the mid-September 2021 for the one-year analog mission that starts in Fall 2022. To learn more or to apply, visit www.nasa.gov/chapea/participate.For more information visit www.iconbuild.com.
Worlds First 3D-printed Rocket Pad | Artemis Generation Students + NASA + ICON ICON - 3D Tech 2021-03-10 | From 3D-printed homes on Earth to the development of space-based construction systems for the Moon, ICON announced today its proprietary technology has delivered the world’s first 3D-printed lunar launch and landing pad at a Texas Military Department location, Camp Swift, just outside of Austin, TX. When it comes to the future of space exploration, it is only fitting that the next generation of engineers and scientists play a vital role in imagining that future. A team of undergraduate students from 10 colleges and universities across the United States – members of the Artemis Generation – are turning their creative ideas into reality. They designed a reusable landing pad that could be 3D printed from materials found on the Moon. In October 2020, ICON, an MMPACT partner, helped the students build a subscale prototype pad at Texas Military Department’s Camp Swift location in Bastrop, Texas, using a cement-based material and a gantry print system developed by ICON. The teams reunited again at Camp Swift in early March 2021 to conduct static fire with a rocket motor on the 3D-printed rocket pad.Read more at http://bit.ly/RocketPad
ICON - 3D Printing 2,000 square-foot homes ICON - 3D Tech 2020-12-10 | ICON has completed 3D printing another series of homes. In this video, the Vulcan II large-scale 3D printer is seen extruding ICON's proprietary mixture dubbed, "Lavacrete," to deliver the completed wall system for the nearly 2,000 square-foot homes.Stay tuned for more on this project and follow @ICON3DTech on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
ICONs Project Olympus - Off-world Construction System for the Moon ICON - 3D Tech 2020-10-01 | ICON has received funding from NASA and launched "PROJECT OLYMPUS" to reach for the stars with an off-world construction system for the Moon. World-renowned architecture firms BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and SEArch+ have signed on as architectural partners for the audacious project..........ICON, developer of advanced construction technologies including robotics, software, and building materials, announced it has been awarded a government Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract including funding from NASA to begin research and development of a space-based construction system that could support future exploration of the Moon. ICON will also dedicate a division of the company to focus on space. “Building humanity’s first home on another world will be the most ambitious construction project in human history and will push science, engineering, technology, and architecture to literal new heights,” said Jason Ballard, Co-founder and CEO of ICON. “NASA’s investment in space-age technologies like this can not only help to advance humanity’s future in space, but also to solve very real, vexing problems we face on Earth. We are honored to begin our research and development on ICON’s “Project Olympus” and the “Olympus Construction System.”NASA has signaled that, through the Artemis program, the Moon will be the first off-Earth site for sustainable surface exploration. Building a sustainable presence on the Moon requires more than rockets. For a permanent lunar presence to exist, robust structures will need to be built on the Moon that provide better thermal, radiation, and micrometeorite protection than metal or inflatable habitats can provide. From landing pads to habitats, these collective efforts are driven by the need to make humanity a spacefaring civilization.Learn More: http://bit.ly/ICON-space
ICON 3D Print Demonstration with USMC at Camp Pendleton ICON - 3D Tech 2020-07-31 | The ICON team has been working over the past year with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), an organization that focuses on accelerating commercial tech into the Department of Defense (DoD), to demonstrate the use of commercial scale additive manufacturing for military use.DIU has been working with the USMC to leverage a commercial technology in Construction Scale Additive Manufacturing for military use and in the future to scale across the Services to provide a rapid and expeditionary construction capability. This will simultaneously support military operations and crisis response efforts around the globe.ICON has been prototyping various structures with DIU and USMC utilizing the technology that combines 3D robotics, software and advanced material. In January 2019, Marines were trained on the software, robotics and material delivery sub-systems at ICON’s lab with the goal of a future field demonstration to build structures important for expeditionary construction.After the successful training session, the teams embarked on a journey out of the lab and into the field to 3D print and stand up a Vehicle Hide Structure at Camp Pendleton. With only a few hours of field training and shadowing ICON operators on site, the Marines took over as the primary operators of the equipment from start to finish during printing. The technology provides tablet-based system controls that allow even brand new operators to deliver high-quality printing.At the onset of the project, the goal was to complete the print in 40-48 hours, with some expected loss of productivity for troubleshooting while getting the Marines up to speed. Some recent automation upgrades that increased the precision of the material delivery system paid huge dividends, and the print was completed in 36 hours with virtually zero troubleshooting time. “We were thrilled to have the opportunity to hand over the controls of our technology to the USMC. This marked the first time non-ICON employees were the primary operators of our equipment and they did an incredible job printing the Vehicle Hide Structure,” said Michael Harper, Director of Field Operations for ICON.PROJECT STATS:Tech: ICON’s Vulcan 3D printer weighs 3800 pounds and can print up to 2,000 sq feet. In 2019, the Vulcan printed 400-500 square foot homes in Mexico and the U.S.Structure: 4 arches were 3D printed, then titled to create a vehicle hide structure at 26’ length x 13’ width x 15’ heightSpeed: Vehicle hide structure print took 3 and a half days and ~ 36 hours of print time (continuous printing to completion capability exists if enabled to work in shift rotations throughout a 24 hour day)Material: Lavacrete is a proprietary, cement-based material with a PSI of 6,000Crew: 8 Marines were trained on ICON’s Vulcan and Magma operations with 3-4 actively involved in rotations at a time.“The unique opportunity to provide cutting-edge tools to improve the mission capabilities of the Marine Corps and watch them take the reins with the technology this past month makes us proud,” said Dmitri Julius, VP of Operations at ICON. “As a retired USMC Veteran, I am so proud to work with this storied organization. Our desire is to have a continued long term partnership to put 3D printers in the hands of Marines in garrison and down range. The humanitarian applications are also endless and the ability to build useful structures for our bravest service men and women is truly tremendous.”For more, visit www.iconbuild.com.
ICON - 3D Printing Homes with Vulcan II ICON - 3D Tech 2020-02-21 | Watching Lavacrete flow is mesmerizing and inspiring.In this video, you'll see the Vulcan II mobile, large-scale 3D printer extruding ICON's proprietary mixture dubbed, "Lavacrete." This project illustrates three homes being 3D printed simultaneously for a total print of 1,200 sq ft.Stay tuned for more on this project and follow @ICON3DTech on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
ICON 3D Printing for the Homeless in Austin ICON - 3D Tech 2019-09-10 | ICON, the construction technologies company shifting the paradigm of homebuilding using robotics, software and advanced materials, partnered with Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF), the Austin non-profit widely known for its compassionate service to the area’s homeless community. With one of ICON’s recently debuted Vulcan II printers, commissioned by Cielo Property Group to print affordable housing in Austin, a nearly 500 sq ft ‘Welcome Center’ was printed in less than 27 hours across several days at the heart of Phase II of MLF’s innovative Community First! Village.The only neighborhood of its kind in the nation, Community First! Village provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for men and women coming out of chronic homelessness. A development of Mobile Loaves & Fishes, this transformative residential program exists to love and serve Austin’s neighbors who have been living on the streets, while also empowering the surrounding community into a lifestyle of service with the homeless.Phase II of the northeast Austin development adds an additional 24 acres to Community First! Village, bringing the entire property to 51 total acres. When Phase II is completed and at full capacity, Community First! will have an estimated 480 formerly homeless individuals living in the Village—which represents about 40 percent of Austin’s chronically homeless population.Architecture designs created by Logan Architecture for the next phase of ICON’s work at Community First! Village are currently underway and will feature multiple home designs arranged to be printed simultaneously to further increase speed and reduce cost. The set of six total 3D-printed homes will break ground this year and for the first time ever, three homes will be 3D-printed at the same time. ICON’s 3D-printing construction process, which makes use of robotics, automated material handling, advanced software, and a proprietary concrete, Lavacrete, offers a new way to quickly build homes that are both resilient and beautiful in a price range significantly below comparable conventional approaches.
Vulcan II - Printing Homes Starting Summer 2019 ICON - 3D Tech 2019-03-15 | ICON unveiled its “Vulcan II” 3D printer for homes on March 11, 2019 and announced it will begin shipping the award-winning technology next month to a small group of early customers as well as actively accepting orders for 2020.Vulcan II is ready begin its very important work of delivering affordable, resilient, dignified housing around the world. Vulcan II can be operated by anyone with basic training thanks to the improvements in automation, mechatronics and a suite of specialized software. For more details, visit www.iconbuild.com. Follow @icon3tech on Instagram and Twitter.
