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Printing houses

We start with our own 4D/3D printer

Our Homes

3D printed
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construction is achieved using a gantry style printer. A gantry style printer operates under the same guiding principles as a typical plastic 3D printer ubiquitous in additive manufacturing, meaning, printable material is extruded one layer at a time until an overall structure is complete using a unique, preset design that is either cumbersome or impossible to achieve using traditional construction techniques. To print homes, the deposited material is mortar, and the final structure will form the inner and outer shells of a home’s exterior and interior walls. These shells will then be filled with standard construction materials to ensure structural integrity, insulation, and other properties requisite for habitation depending on local climate, regulation, and permit requirements.

Pilonia is an eco-system where we remotely control the process of our robots and printing homes. We start with our own 4D/3D printer, and we are already in the process of releasing our own data and remote-control mixing unit. All our eco-system robots have the functionality to share data that we plan to use later in our AI system, and we can control them remotely. We plan to implement sensors into construction, as we use 2D nanomaterials. Using 2D nano materials not only allows us to save cost and materials, but also to print better homes that have various beneficial properties: withstand hurricanes, earthquakes and wind; protect from UV; benefit from salt and water resistance; and possess anti-cracking properties.

We are implementing an AI driven video analytics software to protect the area where our robots are working for safety and analytical reasons. We also use customer design coating, based on nanomaterial, to control environments in printed homes, making it cooler in hot weather and warmer in cold weather, and to protect against magnetic waves and sound, anti-static and anti-bacterial properties. Therefore, providing our robotics units an eco-system, not only to print better eco-friendly homes, but to do it cheaper, faster and human friendly, with a new level of design and functionality.

Affordable housing

Labor and material shortages are two obstacles that stand in the way of building new,inexpensive houses around the world. Using prefab or prebuilt homes also provokes issues with recent logistical challenges, including transportation cost increases. This is why private-public entities around the world are currently looking for a solution by using 3D printers to contract homes for their population.

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NextGen homes

With the pandemic changing working environments globally, youngsters can work from home and in remote locations, avowing high price households like in Silicon Valley.

There is increasing demand for inexpensive living in remote locations in Texas, Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, Mexico (Baja, Yakatan), Europe (Portugal, Spain) and the Caribbean islands. Pilonia designs not only “cool” modern homes for youngsters (you don't need to construct boxes, 3D printer allows the construction of curves and other interesting construction elements), but also designs plans for eco-friendly communities, where homes can be printed “on demand”.

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FAQ

What are the advantages of 3D printing over traditional construction technologies?

The process of building houses with 3D printing is several times faster compared to traditional construction technologies.
The "human factor” is minimized.
Reduced construction costs due to lower costs of labor.
You can print wide variety of shapes.

How can I prepare a house model for printing?

Despite the apparent simplicity, it is a complex architectural structure, and printer friendly adjustments need be done by specialists. You can submit your design ideas to our professionals, and they will run all the necessary calculations and create design documents and a house model for printing.

What are your safety standards?

Since this is a new technology which is still being developed, different countries and states have varying regulations regarding printers. Please consult your local representatives.

Can I print a Dom(E) circular house?

Yes, you can.

What materials can I use to build houses with your printer?

The fixed formwork is printed using sand-concrete mixtures and the walls are filled with cellular concrete. You can also use concrete strength-increasing additives , which reduces the amount of cement in the mixture while maintaining its strength properties. In the future, we plan to utilize other construction materials like recycled plastic, hemp, clay, rice, wood and others.

What is the material loss of 4D/3D printed vs traditional?

In traditional construction there is a >10 % loss, with 3D/4D printed it is <3%.

Is the roof also 3D printed?

This really depends on the design, our sphere (Dom(e)) house roofing can be printed, otherwise roofing is done using traditional methods.

Are windows and doors printed?

We use 4D/3D printing to print mostly foundation and walls, we don't think it makes sense to print it.

Can toilets, bathrooms, kitchen countertops and cabinets be printed?

Since we use nano materials that make the product stronger and lighter, we are developing next generation printers that will be able to print it.

What about the insulation, piping, sewage and electrical aspects?

When we design buildings, we usually keep reinforcement, insulation and MEP in mind. After the walls are printed, MEP components are installed.

How about rebaring? Can you use micro rebars to save on cost and labor?

We are currently working on incorporating micro rebars directly into printing with a special nozzle, so in the future we can print walls or foundation using micro rebars.

Are your printed homes “green” and environmentally friendly?

We are trying to select materials and nano materials that are environmentally clean and require less or no chemicals, as we are trying to reduce CO2 and make our planet better. Production emits up to 35% less CO2 than Portland cement.

Do you use sensors or nano particles to see the longevity of the buildings printed?

We use SENSE CONCRETE for the following reasons: Temperature monitoring and strength of hardening/curing concrete mixtures; Real-time instant data visualization for numerous sensors; Automatically generates and sends reports or warning message notifications

What smart coating do you use?

We use different smart coatings on our 4D/3D printed process: thermo where in hot weather conditions it is colder inside and in cold weather it is warmer inside; anti-bacterial coating, especially for special purpose buildings; anti-static coating; sound protection; wave and magnetic protection coatings.

Do you use nanotubes in your printing process?

Depending on the applications, we use nanotubes in different processes.

Do you print floating structure as well as water resistance barriers and marines?

By utilizing nano materials, we believe that 4D/3D printing can be a perfect application, especially those requiring water resistance and with complicated forms.