Dubai plan to build world's first 3D printed office

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Friday 10 Jul 2015 - 14:56 Makkah mean time-23-9-1436 (Image from Gulf News) Dubai, (IINA) - Dubai is planning to build the world’s first fully functional 3D printed building, an ambitious move that will establish the UAE’s position as the global centre of technology in architecture construction and design, UAE National Innovation Committee revealed. The office will be approximately 2,000 square feet in size and will be printed layer-by-layer using a 20-foot tall 3D printer, Gulf News reported. It will then be assembled on site in Dubai in just a few weeks. All interior furniture, detailing, and structural components will also be built using 3D printing technology, combining a mixture of Special Reinforced Concrete (SRC), Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum (GRG) and Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP). This combination will make it the most advanced 3D printed structure ever built at this scale and the first to be put into actual use. The UAE aims to deploy the latest technologies to improve people’s lives and to develop its economy in line with the country’s national innovation strategy and the vision of Sheikh Muhammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE vice-president and prime minister and ruler of Dubai, said Muhammad al Gergawi, the chairman UAE national innovation committee The building is the result of a partnership between Dubai and WinSun global along with leading global architecture and engineering firms Gensler, Thornton Thomasetti, and Syska Hennessy. The project is the first major initiative of the ‘Museum of the Future’, launched earlier this year by Sheikh Muhammad. SM/IINA