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Baylor Grad Uses 3-D Printer to Build a Tiny Home

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The Baylor Lariat reports that Baylor graduate Alex Le Roux recently became the first person in America to use a 3-D printer to build a tiny home. Surprisingly, it only took him a day to construct.

While Le Roux attended Baylor, he had access to the 3-D printers in the engineering department to create small objects, but at the time, it felt very limiting to him. He told the Baylor Lariat, “I wanted to print something more useful.”

Photo Credit: Alex Le RouxPhoto: Tumblr/Concreteprinter

With bigger aspirations in mind, Le Roux constructed a 10′ x 10′ 3-D printer, from there, he realized he could produce materials to build a tiny home. The key was to make each piece small and stackable. The printed materials are made of concrete, and it only takes 24 hours to erect a small abode.

Le Roux hopes his tiny home design which meets building code will gain investors as more people discover the project. In the future, he wants to develop a new way to automate construction which will allow buildings to pop up in days, rather than months.

For now, Le Roux is updating his printer and continuing to expand the idea of what’s possible when it comes to 3-D printing and construction.