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Alquist is looking to address the US housing shortage by using Black Buffalo 3D’s Nexcon printer to build 200 homes in southwest Virginia. The project, which follows Alquist’s recent collaboration with Habitat for Humanity in Williamsburg, Va., will be the world’s largest project of its kind.
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Alquist said that it will build 200 homes around southwest Virginia and will kick off the project this week with a demonstration in Pulaski near the site of its first two 3D-printed homes.
‘Project Virginia’ follows Alquist’s recent Habitat for Humanity project in Williamsburg, Virginia, which it said is the first owner-occupied 3D-printed home in the world.
Alquist, which uses Black Buffalo 3D’s Nexcon printer, said that its mission is to solve the housing crisis in rural and underserved areas of America. It wants to lower the cost of housing and infrastructure in economically distressed and under-served communities.
Alquist chose Pulaski because demand for housing is soaring there thanks to the more than 3,000 new jobs that Volvo, Blue Star Manufacturing, and American Glove Innovations will create in the area.
Also, Virginia’s New River Valley was recently identified as having one of the highest growth rates in the nation for tech jobs in the US.Alquist said that it will build 200 homes around southwest Virginia and will kick off the project this week with a demonstration in Pulaski near the site of its first two 3D-printed homes.
‘Project Virginia’ follows Alquist’s recent Habitat for Humanity project in Williamsburg, Virginia, which it said is the first owner-occupied 3D-printed home in the world.
Alquist, which uses Black Buffalo 3D’s Nexcon printer, said that its mission is to solve the housing crisis in rural and underserved areas of America. It wants to lower the cost of housing and infrastructure in economically distressed and under-served communities.
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