House Zero Opens Its Doors to Future of 3D Printed Housing
Lake Flato and ICON, one of the nation’s leaders in advanced construction technologies, have unveiled House Zero, the first large-scale house completed as part of ICON’s new Exploration Series of 3D-printed homes.
March 1, 2022 | Posted by LyanneThis welcoming, practical home design expands the performance capabilities of 3D printing technology and is unlike any other home we’ve designed to date, shares Ashley Heeren, an Associate at Lake Flato. Designed for net-zero energy and to push the limit of additive manufacturing, House Zero also responds to the climate gracefully, celebrates materials and an innovative assembly process, and uses simple moves to accomplish many things at onceLewis McNeel
Associate Partner at Lake Flato
Lake Flato collaborated intensely with ICON’s software developers, robotics engineers and material scientists to create a new set of architectural strategies for printed concrete construction.
In addition to demonstrating the benefits of 3D construction as an innovative building technology, House Zero is also a compelling and climate-responsive home connecting its inhabitants to a native Texas landscape in Austin’s urban context. Built for permanence and resilience, the house’s flexible plan supports ever-evolving patterns of living and aging-in-place that a family experiences over the course of a lifetime.