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Apis Cor Completes The Dubai Municipality, Largest 3D-Printed Construction – Parametric Archiecture
Dubai_Manucipility_Apis_Cor-12The Dubai Municipality in UAE set the record to be the largest 3d-printed structure with a standing tall of 9.5 meters and an area of 640 square meters. Apis Cor, a U.S.-based company, constructed the structure, which is the first to build specialized equipment for 3D printing on its own in the construction sector. The two-story construction was erected entirely on-site, with no additional assembly required.
Dubai_Manucipility_Apis_Cor-13The building’s base is traditional, but the walls are 3D printed, and reinforcement is “3D-printed formwork for columns manually filled with rebar and normal concrete.” The 3D Printing material utilized for this business is a gypsum-based combination created by Apis Cor and manufactured locally. Pre-cast slabs were also used for the flooring, with a local contractor adding typical windows and roofs after the walls were completed.
The printing was completed on the site to show that the technology could withstand a hostile environment with no humidity or temperature control. Apis Cor’s unique 3D-printing machine was moved around the site using a crane to re-position. The overall size of the structure is 640 square meters, which is “bigger than the printing area accessible when the Apis Cor’s 3D printer is stationary.”
“Construction 3D printing technology is only at the early stages of development. We do extensive R&D work to make the technology available for mass use. We are thankful for the opportunity to collaborate with Dubai Municipality. The project gave us unique knowledge and invaluable experience that will help us improve our technology and develop a new version of our 3D printer. The improved version will be more reliable and time-efficient (twice as fast). Moreover, during the project, we tested and improved our own-developed 3D mixture. This project is a huge step forward in the concrete 3D printing industry.
” Nikita Cheniuntai, CEO&Founder of Apis Cor.
The Dubai Municipality has won the UAE Ideas Award organized by the Dubai Quality Group under the slogan, “Nothing is Impossible,” for the category of “Innovation in the field of inventions.”
By 2030, the Dubai government hopes to have used 3D printing technology to construct 25% of its structures. The initiative extends the role of 3D printing technology in decreasing construction costs by 50-70 percent and labor expenses by 50-80 percent, as well as reducing construction waste by up to 60 percent. It has a favorable impact on the sector’s economic return and helps to achieve environmental and resource sustainability.
Project info:
Building: Dubai Municipality
Location: Dubai, UAE
Structure type: Hybrid ( conventional base + 3D-printed walls)
Building use: Administrative building
Designer: Yves Behar
Constructor: Apis Cor,
Area: 640 square meters
Photography: Apis Cor
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Dubai Is Now Home to the Largest 3D-Printed Building in the World
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- Dubai is now home to the largest 3D-printed building ever constructed.
- The city has a track record of building extravagant landmarks to entice visitors, and it's also home to the world's tallest building.
- The 3D-printed office building was an engineering feat, using only three workers and one printer.
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Dubai is known as a city of opulence that constantly tries to outdo other tourist destinations.
With the largest population in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai already has the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, which stands 2,717 feet tall, or 160 stories.
Now, the city has become the site of a new architectural feat: the largest 3D printed building in the world. The building will be used for administrative purposed by the municipality.
These photos show how the construction of this innovative structure came together.
Dubai became the home of the world's first 3D printed office building in 2016, according to Reuters.
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Now, the city is also home to the world's largest 3D-printed building.
Apis CorUS company Apis Cor built the structure using only one 3D printer, which was moved around the site by crane.
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The two-story administrative building will be used by the Dubai municipality.
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Only three workers, plus the printer, were need to construct the entire building.
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Contractors were also brought in to install windows and the roof, according to Curbed.
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The walls are 31 feet tall and the structure is 6,900 square feet, making it the largest 3D-printed building ever, according to the Apis Cor.
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Not only is it the largest 3D-printed building in the world, the government of Dubai also says that this is the first two-story structure of its kind.
Apis Cor Source: Dubai Media Office
The building is a move toward sustainability, using local materials and efficient insulation to reduce energy consumption, the Dubai government said.
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Dubai has plans to continue innovating in this area.
Under the direction of the prime minister, the city has a goal of 3D printing 25% of all buildings by 2030. Apis Cor Source: Dubai Media Office
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Dubai City Hall was 3D printed by Apis Cor, a company founded by a native of Irkutsk.
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With a height of 9.5 meters and an area of 640 square meters, Dubai Municipality is the largest 3D printed building in the world. The two-story structure was erected by Apis Cor, whose founder and CEO is Nikita Chen-Yun-Tai, a native of Irkutsk. It was he who developed the unique Apis Cor mobile construction 3D printer, which prints entire buildings right on the spot. The first construction experience took place in February 2017, when Apis Cor printed its first house in Stupino near Moscow. The project received international attention, and already in the spring of 2017, Nikita Chen-Yun-Tai received a proposal for cooperation from the Dubai Municipality, to which he agreed. Although the preparatory work took several months, the building itself was built in 500 hours and completed in January 2020. Its foundation is a conventional structure, and the walls are 3D printed. The company has developed a special concrete "ink" that is resistant to earthquakes and high humidity.
Nikita Chen-Yun-Tai said: "This project is a huge step forward in the concrete 3D printing industry." According to him, he allowed to gain unique knowledge and invaluable experience, which helped to improve technologies and develop a new version of the 3D printer.” The project was included in the Guinness Book of Records, and also brought in revenue of $ 1 million to the entrepreneur. He also attracted new customers, and the company itself, in the end, moved to San Francisco and is now considered American. nine0003
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Dubai is purposefully developing 3D construction, aiming to become a regional and global center in this field. Thanks to initiatives such as public investment and infrastructure projects, it has already been named "one of the most innovative and least wasteful" cities in the world. Shortly after launching the strategy, Dubai unveiled its Office of the Future, a fully functioning 3D printed office that has been operational since 2016. Later, in May 2017, the city opened its first fully 3D printed office, which became the temporary home of the Dubai Future Foundation.
The emirate's strategic goal is to ensure that by 2030, 25% of the buildings here will be built using 3D printing technology. nine0003
Source: english.alarabiya.net
In August 2021, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum issued a decree regulating the use of 3D printing in the construction sector in Dubai. According to it, the municipality of the city will promote the use of 3D printing in the construction sector in cooperation with governmental and non-governmental organizations.
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The UAE Ideas Award "Nothing is Impossible" is presented by Dubai Quality Group, a non-profit organization founded by the Dubai Economic Development Department. This year's winner in the funny title "Innovation in Invention" was the Dubai Municipality, which in 2019 showcased the world's largest 3D printed building, a two-story structure measuring 640 square meters. The 3D printing of the walls was carried out by Apis Cor using an additive construction machine of its own design. nine0003
For the Dubai authorities, 3D construction printing is not a prank, but quite a serious direction: by 2030, the emirate intends to build up to a quarter of new buildings using 3D printers. Through automation, the authorities intend to simultaneously solve the problem of the lack of residential and administrative space and save on expensive labor.
Looking at the Apis Cor website, you might think that this is an American company, but the roots of the enterprise are on the opposite side of the planet - in the city of Irkutsk, where Apis-Cor LLC is registered under the leadership of Nikita Chen-Yun-Tai. Apis-Cor Engineering, a subsidiary, has already registered on the territory of the Skolkovo innovation center, and in Boston, the team has a representative office in the Autodesk technology center. nine0003
Almost nothing has been heard about the company’s achievements in the domestic market since 2017, when Apis Cor built a demonstration house in Stupino ( in the illustration above ), after which it was recognized as the best startup of the year according to the National Research University Higher School of Economics ".
But abroad, the company is actively working, having managed to take part in the NASA competition for 3D printing of conditional Martian buildings and laying out the red carpet for the Dubai authorities, along which the latter marched to international fame, still not mentioned in the official releases, from where, in fact, those very innovative technologies came from in the United Arab Emirates.
