the printable house

this past wednesday, the arts and culture house took a visit to the 1:1 arkitektur studio, where louise's cousin (louise is our student resident advisor) works. while the studio is known to work on various mainstream and oddball projects, we were most curious about their "printable house". the architects from the studio have begun a housing project in which they construct an entire house with only their computer and a special woodcutting machine. the house is basically a giant lego structure, seeing as it's built out of hundreds of wooden pieces that are easily assembled (it only takes 3 days to put together!). louise's cousin told us the advantage of this sustainable and innovative structure for places where new homes need to be built quickly (i.e. natural disaster areas or refugee camps). many argue that this building is the future of construction. watch a video of how these houses are designed and built here!