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Cityscape: Volume 24 Number 2 | Measuring Blight | 3D Concrete Printed Construction: Building the Future of Housing, Layer-by-Layer

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Measuring Blight

Volume 24 Number 2

Mark D. Shroder

Michelle P. Matuga

3D Concrete Printed Construction: Building the Future of Housing, Layer-by-Layer

Jagruti Rekhi
Alaina Stern
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development


The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not represent the official positions or policies of the Office of Policy Development and Research, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or the U.S. government.


Three-Dimensional Concrete Printing (3DCP) is expected to address many challenges facing concrete construction today and offer new design possibilities. 3DCP is an automated construction process that builds structures layer-by-layer from 3D modeling data. With the looming housing crisis, the construction industry needs to rethink how to build safe, affordable, and sustainable homes. 3DCP technology offers potential innovative solutions to increasing the supply to homes across the nation.


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