SQ4D uses automated construction methods, or 3D printing, to build structures and houses.
“What we want to do is print houses quickly, cheaply and robustly,” said Andersen.
The company can set up its Autonomous Robotic Construction System on a construction site in six to eight hours. Then, the concrete is laid layer by layer, creating the base, the foundation of a house and the internal and external walls of the structure.
“It is a radical change for the workplace,” said Andersen.
3D printed houses may also end up having a radical effect on the portfolios of potential buyers in America.
“The cost of building is 50% cheaper than the cost of comparable newly built homes in Riverhead, New York, and 10 times faster,” said Stephen King, the Zillow Premier agent who owns the list of homes in 3D.
The 3D printed house will include 1,407 square feet of living space and will be built with concrete. The house has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and an individual garage for 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,” says Anderson.
Anderson and King say Riverhead’s home is the first 3D-printed home to receive a certificate of occupancy in the United States. This was not easy because of strict local building codes, they said.
“We did it in one of the most difficult places and there is a beauty to it because it means that we can eventually do it anywhere,” said Anderson.
“We can make things more accessible and secure. We can use technology to fight homeless people and help disaster relief in an environmentally friendly way, ”said Anderson.