Abstract
- Park + Associates’ QR3D is Singapore’s first multi-storey 3D-printed home
- Over 90% of the house is printed utilizing a customized concrete combine, proving large-scale viability
- The design balances innovation with emotion, that includes a sculptural oculus and uncovered concrete textures
In a quiet residential enclave of Singapore, Park + Associates has unveiled QR3D — the nation’s first multi-storey 3D-printed home. Designed as a household dwelling for the agency’s founder, Lim Koon Park, the four-storey residence represents a landmark second in Southeast Asia’s architectural panorama.
Developed in collaboration with CES_InnovFab, QR3D serves as a dwelling prototype for a way 3D-printing could be scaled past utilitarian parts to full-fledged residential constructions. Greater than 90% of the home is constructed utilizing a customized concrete combine, exactly printed each onsite and offsite. This showcases the expertise’s sensible viability and transformative potential inside a notoriously high-stakes trade.
True to Park + Associates’ ethos of sculptural restraint and contextual sensitivity, QR3D balances daring innovation with emotional depth. The house’s uncooked concrete striations are left uncovered, celebrating the feel of its development technique. On the coronary heart of the home is a dramatic oculus—a round void positioned above the eating space. This function features each as an environment friendly passive cooling system and as a poignant tribute to the neoclassical residence that when stood on the exact same plot.
Past its visible narrative, QR3D reshapes typical development strategies. 3D-printing streamlines labor, reduces waste and minimizes environmental disruption, turning complicated architectural kinds into environment friendly, singular processes. Slightly than prioritizing novelty, Park emphasised foundational values: “We got down to create a household dwelling that might stay related and revered in a long time to come back.” In a area dealing with fast urbanization and ecological pressure, QR3D provides a poetic but sensible imaginative and prescient for future design — one the place structure is crafted with each technological intelligence and emotional soul.
