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Construction of Muscatine's 1st 3D Printed House to Begin Next Year

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Printing a 3D House

Muscatine is working to build affordable houses by printing them.

This week, the Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine, Center for Social Action, county, city, community college, and several other groups held a press conference to announce that an Iowa City company called Alquist 3D will start printing new homes next spring.

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An example of a 3D printed home

Charla Schafer, President of the community foundation, says the board wants to bring 3-D printing technology to Muscatine to help solve the housing problem.

She says Muscatine Community College recently opened a trade training program featuring 3D printing, and students will be able to help with the project.

Schafer hopes work on Muscatine's first 3D printed home begins in March.

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