3D-Printed Public Housing Unveiled in France

Benoit Furet, researcher and professor at the Nantes University in charge of the project, poses as Scientists of LS2N department of the Nantes university work to build a 3D printed social house, on Sep. 13, 2017 in Nantes, western France. Photo credit should read LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images

Researchers have unveiled what they billed as the world’s first 3D-printed house to serve as a home in the French city of Nantes, with the first tenants due to move in by June.

Academics at the University of Nantes who led the project said it was the first house built in situ for human habitation using a robot 3D-printer.