This Controversial Chinese Company Wants To 3-D Print Your Next House
SUZHOU, China – Walking through WinSun’s show lot in the Suzhou Industrial Park, one gets a glimpse of the past and possible future of building construction. Views from the fifth story of a boxy concrete structure reveal a horizon typical of the outskirts of Chinese cities today: Clusters of construction cranes surround high rises sprouting from rice fields.
Streams of trucks flow to and from these construction sites, carrying in the raw ingredients of China’s construction industry – migrant workers, steel and lots of cement – and departing with loads of wood scraps and building waste. It’s a model that has fueled the largesturbanization and housing boom in history, while also helping pollute China’s skies and deplete its natural resources.
