Exploring current digital fabrication technologies - such as 3D printing and CNC cutting - and how close we are now to realising the digitally fabricated house, using WikiHouse as an example.

1. @wikihouse @alexwhitcroft alex@wikihouse.cc

2. DIGITALLY FABRICATION
How close are we to the 3D printed house?

3. Why?

4. 5000%
£272,000
£26,500
UK, 1971-2015 Source: ONS
£5,600£2,000

5. Source: ONS, DCLG

6. JANE JACOBS
‘Cities have the capability of providing
something for everybody, only
because, and only when, they are
created by everybody.’

7. JANE JACOBS
‘Cities have the capability of providing
something for everybody, only
because, and only when, they are
created by everybody.’

8. JANE JACOBS
‘Cities have the capability of providing
something for everybody, only
because, and only when, they are
created by everybody.’

10. THE OPEN WEB
An open source design ecosystem with an R&D team
of thousands, where no problem every needs to be
solved twice.
DISTRIBUTED, DIGITAL FABRICATION
The factory of the future is everywhere. Designed
globally, made locally.
AUTOMATION & DEEP PARAMETRICS
Taming complexity with labour saving algorithmic and
parametric design. The end of one-size-fits-all.
DATA FROM EVERYWHERE
Better and more ubiquitous data from sensors and
devices everywhere feeding into design and operation.
THE THIRD
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION

11. The technology now

12. 3D printing

13. CNC routing

14. Cost certainty
High speed
High precision
Locally fabricatable
Customisable
Sustainable
…

15. Print my house

16. WikiHouse

17. DETAILED
DIGITAL DESIGN

18. COLLABORATIVE
DESIGN

19. A collaborative Commons

20. FULLY PARAMETRIC
DESIGN

21. One size doesn’t have to fit all

22. DIRECT TO
DIGITAL FABRICATION

23. LOCAL
MANUFACTURING

24. Micro-factories everywhere

25. SELF-ASSEMBLY

27. SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS

30. 3 BED HOUSE
£100k
2 weeks to enclosure
Within 5mm of the 3D model

31. Affordable &
Cost-certain
Est. £800 / m2
Low carbon
Low embodied
energy and good
end-of-life
performance
Easy to build
Can be self-
assembled in 2
weeks
Modular design
Interoperable
fabrication-ready
elements
High performance
Passive House ready
(0.13 W/m²K, 0.6ACH
at +/- 50Pa)Easy to maintain
Easy to diagnose,
maintain, mend &
adapt
Customisable
One size doesn’t need
to fit all, at no extra
cost

32. FULL STACK
BUILDING SYSTEM

33. Team: Alastair Parvin, Lynton Pepper, 00
WINDOWS

34. Team Francesco Anselmo & Adam Jaworski, ARUP
SMART SYSTEMS +
AUTOMATION

35. Team David Polson, ARUP
MVHR

36. 300+ Projects
As of September 2015

37. As of September 2015
The WikiHouse Foundation +
28 Chapters
2000+ Community
300+ Startup Teams

39. CITIZEN LED

40. MARGINAL SITES

42. Print my house

43. Partners
wikihouse.cc
@wikihouse @alexwhitcroft alex@wikihouse.cc
WikiHouse Foundation