Both potential homebuyers and current homeowners have stated a desire for homes that are healthier, safer, and more integrated during the past year. The COVID-19 epidemic made many of us aware of the risks associated with poor indoor air quality, and unprecedented natural catastrophes emphasized the need for us to transition to a more sustainable way of life. Technopreneurs and engineers from all around the world have responded by developing fresh developments in architecture and building technology. Numerous new goods and services are now accessible, ranging from solar glass and augmented reality to 3D printed homes and software for catastrophe simulation. Ten examples of the most recent technologies used in the construction business are shown below.
Our first trend in technology for the construction industry is 3D printing. 3D printing first became known as a potential solution for disaster-hit areas of the world a little over ten years ago. Traditional homes are not only tremendously vulnerable to natural disasters like earthquakes and wildfires, but they are also expensive and time-consuming to reconstruct afterward. Three-dimensional printing provides a quick and perhaps economical solution to reconstruct homes from the ground up — even in a distant building site — both on its own and in conjunction with currently available prefab technologies.
After the 2010 earthquake and hurricane, according to Charles Goulding's 2017 article "3D Printing of Disaster Relief Tools and Shelters, and R&D Tax Credits" for 3DPrint.com, "the introduction of 3D printing in Haiti helped architects and engineers provide greatly needed infrastructure and clinical relief." Seven years later, the Italian business World's Advanced Saving Project (WASP) "developed a large 3D printer that is capable of producing earthen homes using environmentally benign elements such as soil, clay, and plant fibers." Such technology may build structures in a variety of designs in addition to "efficiently providing relief in the form of shelter to individuals who have lost their houses in the case of a natural disaster." Many of these portable 3D printers are ideal for "rapid and ecologically responsible restoration activities" and for communities that urgently want more homes.
Today, one of many urgently required answers to the housing issue might come from 3D printing. It may also be used to create eco-friendly, off-grid houses in isolated areas. Several firms have showcased 3D architectural accomplishments in the first four months of 2021. For Dezeen, Jane Englefield wrote an article in March 2021 titled "ICON produces 3D-printed houses from disaster-proof concrete in Texas" that discusses a tiny neighborhood of 3D-printed homes created from "concrete that's intended to cope with harsh weather" in Austin, Texas. The residences, which were created using ICON's Vulcan printer and designed by Logan Architecture and 3Strands, range in size from two to four bedrooms. It took far less time to construct each house—between five and seven days—than it would have to.
