ICON touts the method of building homes as being faster, less expensive, requiring fewer workers, and minimizing construction material waste.
As home prices continue to skyrocket, some companies are looking at new methods of building homes to hopefully reduce the strain on the market. Such is the case with ICON, a company focused on building 3D printed houses to combat the global housing crisis.
In other markets, NASA has been looking into 3D printed habitats for future missions to the Moon and Mars, and even had a few volunteers live in a 3D printed Mars simulation habitat for a year. China is also looking into building a Moon base using 3D printed blocks from lunar soil. While that is all and good for future space communities, what about here on Earth? Well, that is where companies such as ICON are beginning to pop up to fill the gap, and potentially help with an ever-increasing problem with affordable housing. ICON touts the method of building homes as being faster, less expensive, requiring fewer workers, and minimizing construction material waste.
“It brings a lot of efficiency to the trade market,” remarked ICON senior project manager Conner Jenkins.
