The Lake California Community Church was looking for a more cost-effective option to build their church. Construction 3D printing firm Emergent 3D saw an opportunity to use a 3D printer on-site to achieve this objective.
The 3D printing technology will arrive in Redding sometime in April, as its being shipped from COBOD in Denmark. From there, work will begin right away on the first two house-prints in the county.
Don Ajamian Construction, another construction firm that is partnering with Emergent3D explains that the inner walls of the 3D printed church have been designed to enable maximum acoustic efficiency. Folowing this phase, the project team will mimic the look of full-height curtains hanging down. The latter will be completely solid and rigid and will allow for direct sound waves straight to the audience in the center of the room.
“It is acoustically designed in such a way that the pastor probably will not even need a microphone to just stand up there and talk, everybody will hear it clearly,” Ajamian explains. “And they can be playing music in there and the room will be perfectly acoustically tuned.”
The choice for 3D printing has been made after a cost analysis confirmed they would save up to 10% on the overall budget compared to the use of traditional building materials. “We’ve been trying to build a church now for 20 something years,” explained Jim Laxson, the Pastor for Lake California Community Church. “And now with the 3D printing, we’re going to be able to build it more economically.”
Furthermore, apart from costs savings, the use of 3D printing will enable to build rapidly. As you may have seen in previous construction projects achieved with COBOD 3D printers, there is no need for any structural additions when the walls are fabricated one layer at a time.
“So I do not need to, for example, bring a bunch of stucco guys to put stuff on the outside or put siding on it,” Ajamian adds. “I don’t need to bring a bunch of drywall people in to drywall the inside wall. Literally, when these things get printed, that wall is finished other than the paint.”
Make sure to follow us on our social networks and subscribe to our weekly newsletter : Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & Instagram ! If you want to be featured in the next issue of our digital magazine or if you hear a story that needs to be heard, make sure to send it to contact@3dadept.com
THE 3D ADEPT WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
The industry moves fast. Stay ahead.
Every week, the latest additive manufacturing news, in-depth features and real-world applications, straight to your inbox. Plus, be the first to know when a new issue of 3D ADEPT Mag is out.
Free · One email a week · Unsubscribe anytime
Clicking loads our email provider’s sign-up form, including its analytics and Google’s anti-bot protection. You’re only subscribed if you complete the sign-up. Read our privacy policy.