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WASP - World’s Advanced Saving Project

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News • Innovations • 8 Aug 2024

IAAC expands 3D Printed Earth Forest Campus using Crane WASP 3D printer

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) has completed the 3D printing of a new low-carbon building prototype using locally available soil and natural materials. IAAC employed a Crane WASP 3D printer to create the experimental lightweight building as part of an expansion of the institute’s 3D Printed Earth Forest Campus in Collserola Natural Park, Barcelona. The project represents an important step in the development of a sustainable, zero-mile, and affordable housing model. 3dPA   WASP - World’s Advanced Saving Project WASP - World’s Advanced Saving Project was established in 2012 in Massa Lombarda, Italy. Drawing inspiration from the potter wasp, a wasp that builds its own pot-shaped n... More