These videos were really neat and I'm much more convinced of the utility of 3d printed houses.
The Icon team that's actually building the houses seems like they're really intelligently applying the 3d printing as a technique. They're actively experimenting with figuring out where in an overall build it makes sense to use it and how best to handle the realities of adding in electricity, plumbing, windows, etc.
It's pointed out several times in the videos that we in the US are building residential housing predominantly out of wood framing just because we historically have had so much wood around.
The Icon team that's actually building the houses seems like they're really intelligently applying the 3d printing as a technique. They're actively experimenting with figuring out where in an overall build it makes sense to use it and how best to handle the realities of adding in electricity, plumbing, windows, etc.
It's pointed out several times in the videos that we in the US are building residential housing predominantly out of wood framing just because we historically have had so much wood around.