Plastic
Skyscrapers ?
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Skyscrapers made out of plastic waste ?
I believe it is only a matter of time when 3 D
Printing Technology will solve two major problems of the World , viz:
·
Need to construct millions of houses ( some 30 million in India alone –
by 2022 )
·
Need to reduce / eliminate, pollution caused by 300 million tons of
Plastic Waste per year world-wide ( 5.5 million tons in India )
Over the past few months , 3D Printing
of houses , has made considerable progress ( see blogs below )
But , so far , this method of construction has relied
on building materials consisting of :
·
Old Construction Debris
·
Desert Sand
·
Debris from old Asphalt / Brickbat Roads
·
And saves,
* 30% -60 % of building materials
* 70 % of production time
* 80 % of construction cost
Today’s
Times of India ( 15 March 2017 ) carries following news :
A construction firm based in Dubai has
announced plans to build the world’s first 3D-printed
skyscraper.
The
company, called Cazza,
has confirmed that it will be erected in the United Arab Emirates.
It
says it will use a new technique called “ crane
printing ” to create the building.
“When we first thought of implementing 3D printing technologies, we were mostly
thinking of houses and low-rise buildings,” Cazza CEO Chris Kelsey told Construction Week Online.
“Developers kept asking us if it was
possible to build a 3D printed skyscraper.
This led us to begin researching how we could adapt the technologies for taller
structures.”
Cazza
is yet to disclose the building’s planned height or any commencement or
completion dates, but the Encyclopedia Britannica describes a
skyscraper as a building “of unusual height, generally greater than 40 or 50
stories”.
Concrete and steel will be two of the
materials printed by the company’s cranes.
“The crane printing system can be easily
adopted with existing cranes which means we don’t have to build cranes from scratch,”
said Fernando De Los Rios, Cazza’s
chief operating officer.
“We are adding new features to make it
adaptable to high wind speeds along with the use of our layer smoothing system
that creates completely flat surfaces. You won’t know it’s 3D printed.”
Now imagine if Cazza succeeds in
shredding BILLIONS of PLASTIC BOTTLES / CARTONS
/ WRAPPINGS / BAGS / TOYS etc ,
mix these with some RESIN to turn it
into plastic concrete ( PLASTRETE ? ) and use it
to 3 D print that skyscraper !
QUESTION :
Shall we wait till Cassa
( or the Chinese company , WinSun or the Russian company APIS COR ) , develops this technology , so
that we may “ license “ it ?
How about throwing this as a challenge
to our Start Ups / Scientists / Engineers ?
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· Building
Castles in the Air ? ( 25
July 2015 )
(
01 Sept 2015 )
· A Quantum Jump
of 50 Million Houses ? ( 13 Feb 2016 )
· A 3
D printed Office ( 27 May
2016 )
· A
Good Policy : Devil is in details (
10 Dec 2016 )
· Future
Home is Here ( 02 March 2017 )
15 March 2015
www.hemenparekh.in
/ blogs
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