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3D Printing erects two-story building in just 22 days

By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 1 min read

Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.

3D Printing erects two-story building in just 22 days
(250410) -- YICHANG, April 10, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A constructor adjusts a piece of 3D printing equipment in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, April 9, 2025. An 8-meter-tall and two-story building has completed its main structure in just 22 days during an architectural experiment conducted by a research team from China Three Gorges University. A house-building machine using 3D printing technology was used in the construction of the 100-square-meter experimental building. (Xinhua/Du Zixuan)

An 8-meter-tall and two-story building has completed its main structure in just 22 days during an architectural experiment conducted by a research team from China Three Gorges University in Yichang, central China’s Hubei Province. A house-building machine with 3D printing technology was used in the construction of the 100-square-meter experimental building.

A drone photo taken on April 9, 2025 shows an experimental building in Yichang, central China’s Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
A drone photo shows constructors maintaining a house-building machine using 3D printing technology in Yichang, central China’s Hubei Province, April 9, 2025.  (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Constructors check an experimental building in Yichang, central China’s Hubei Province, April 9, 2025.  (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
A constructor adjusts a piece of 3D printing equipment in Yichang, central China’s Hubei Province, April 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Hongfa)
A constructor adjusts a piece of 3D printing equipment in Yichang, central China’s Hubei Province, April 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Du Zixuan)

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250410/75f883a128dc43819967fa9c2acb6df9/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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