IIT-Madras startup builds India’s first 3D Printed House in just 5 days, FM Sitharaman inaugrates
The single-storey house has one bedroom, hall and kitchen, developed with 'Concrete 3D Printing" technology. It was developed in association with Habitat for Humanity's Terwilliger Centre for Innovation in Shelter.
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman virtually inaugurated India’s first 3-D Printed house which is situated within IIT Madras, said the Institute.
The institute said in a statement that the single-storey home has a built-in area of 600 sq. ft. and a functional space comprising a single bedroom, hall, and kitchen.
The concrete 3D printing technology is a ‘Ready-to-Implement Methodology’ with no lead time on manufacturing, and is touted to offer advantages including – reduction in overall construction cost and time, brings down the carbon footprint, higher productivity of labor, and utilization of eco-friendly materials.
TVASTA Manufacturing was set up as part of the new incubator — ASHA Incubator — of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs at IIT Madras.
Speaking after inaugurating the 3D Printed House virtually, Sitharaman said the ‘housing for all’ scheme by 2022 as stated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a ‘huge challenge’ in terms of meeting the deadline.
“With construction of a conventional housing being very complex… and with your concept of building a house in five days, I don’t think it will be a massive challenge for building 100 million houses by 2022”, she said.
Tvasta began its work towards construction of ‘India’s FIRST 3D Printed House’ In February 2020, with planning and procurement activities, but was briefly halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic and could only complete the 3D structure later in August, the company said in a blog post.
