{"id":12535,"date":"2021-05-14T11:29:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T10:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.propertypro.ng\/blog\/?p=12535"},"modified":"2021-05-14T12:04:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T11:04:24","slug":"a-possible-future-and-solution-to-africas-housing-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/a-possible-future-and-solution-to-africas-housing-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"A possible future and solution to Africa&#8217;s housing crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">3D printed houses have been recently gaining popularity in Europe and America and the\u00a0 suggestion of this new house model could ease the rising number of housing deficits in Africa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, a printing company WASP and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mario Cucinella Architects unveiled the very first design, an eco-friendly<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">3D printed home model in likeness of wasp nest. The TECLA building (Technology and Clay) is located in Bologna, Italy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tecla_ph_iago_corazza_esterno_notte_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tecla_ph_iago_corazza_esterno_notte_1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tecla_ph_iago_corazza_esterno_notte_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tecla_ph_iago_corazza_esterno_notte_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tecla_ph_iago_corazza_esterno_notte_1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The TECLA was completed in 200 hours using multiple on-site printers.\u00a0 Inside, TECLA comprises a living area, bedroom and bathroom, lit by skylights above.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The beauty of 3D printed home models is in its implementation of reusable and recyclable materials leaving nearly zero waste. Experts boast of its affordability, faster creation process, environmentally friendly and gives superior architectural options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In the US, a pioneering 3D printed home just completed four homes in East Austin, Texas. The 2 to 4 bedroom homes are listed on the market, starting in the range of $400,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12539\" style=\"width: 541px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/75448889_165184328054687_8088932195211337378_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/75448889_165184328054687_8088932195211337378_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/75448889_165184328054687_8088932195211337378_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/75448889_165184328054687_8088932195211337378_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/75448889_165184328054687_8088932195211337378_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/75448889_165184328054687_8088932195211337378_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/75448889_165184328054687_8088932195211337378_n-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3D ICON Building in East Austin, Texas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">While its popularity hasn&#8217;t grown in Africa, the possibility of 3D printed homes is exciting, and a great future for real estate. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cost of building in Africa is exponentially high in regards to materials, labour and acquiring the land but a 3D printed home might just be cost effective.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3D printed houses have been recently gaining popularity in Europe and America and the\u00a0 suggestion of this new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":12537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"category-real-estate-news","9":"cs-entry","10":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12535"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12546,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12535\/revisions\/12546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}