Giant 3D printer can be used to build houses

Moretti opened the conference, describing it as a moment of great joy: “We demonstrated that ours was not just a dream, that low cost housing is possible and that it houses can be built with a 3D printer. And we also developed a model for sustainability.”

Giorgio Noera, President, Healt R&S, linked to the Ministry of Defence, also attended. He explained that he is working with WASP at a project for advanced health and sanitary assistance during mass critical events. “We aim to join together two different workgroups to create houses that can have walls capable of repelling insects - an ambitious project not far from completion. This technology will be of fundamental importance in areas where civil population needs to fight infection in order to survive,” Noera said.

WASP is a unique company for many aspects: it does not receive any public financing and entirely reinvests all profits in R&D. The sale of the smaller 3D printers, which are already very popular in the market, represent the means by which the company intends to fulfil its dream of a giant 3D printer that can help address the dramatic global issue of housing shortages. In just a short time the company has grown exponentially with yearly revenues now nearing €2m. It employs, between internal staff and collaborators, about forty people and is now preparing its expansion in the US market.