Located on the banks of one of Amsterdam’s many canals is a building site with a difference. Architects are hoping to build Europe’s first 3D-printed house, using a 3D printer ten times bigger than an ordinary one. <br /><br /> The structure is made of a bio-plastic heavily based on plant oil and reinforced with microfibres, which the project’s founders say is waste-free and eco-friendly. <br /><br /> This not just about building a house, but about looking to the future and offering a pioneering vision of what a sustainable building industry could offer. <br /><br /> “It doesn’t mean that everything needs to be round or curved or crazy form but it is possible and in that way we are now discovering a new technique of the wall, integrating all kinds of necessities, let’s say, like water systems, insulation, strength, and doing that in a very smart way so we can reduce the material we need and in that sense make the house more smart,” says one of the project’s co-founders, Hans Vermeulen of Dus Architects. <br /><br /> The ide
