World’s Biggest 3D-Printed Building Project Launches in Qatar

Qatar has officially launched the printing phase of its world’s largest 3D-printed construction project. The exciting project includes two public schools totaling a whopping  40,000 square meters.

UCC Holding partnered with Ashghal using COBOD BODXL printers for the project, which is a huge milestone in the construction journey. Unlike traditional printers, these enormous printers are aircraft-hanger-sized and create complex-shaped buildings using designs from Qatar’s desert dunes.

Each of the schools will occupy 20,000 square meters, be two stories tall, and be constructed on 100×100 meter pads. 3D printing creates allowance for curvilinear buildings and curvilinear façades that are typically not achievable using traditional construction methods.

Before beginning the construction process, the team spent eight months printing over 100 full-size prints for testing to ensure the materials and buildings could withstand Qatar’s extreme environment. Now that the printers are assembling buildings, they choose to work mainly in the evenings to minimize impacts from the heat of the day and avoid potential disruptions of the quiet outdoor living community at night.

You can read all of this elsewhere, but do we need to encourage others and make them aware when they want to embark on a sustainable journey? I think we do because what we are doing is speeding up construction to create more sustainable buildings while at the same time lowering material use, and reducing carbon emissions for materials and emissions from transportation. The project challenges are fully aligned with Qatar National Vision 2030 concept, emphasis on sustainability, and innovation.

Finishing the project in time for the end of 2025, Qatar has a notable milestone in the works, a construction plan for the largest 3D printed structures in the world. Not only is this a significant construction milestone, but we also anticipate an important next step towards smarter and sustainably conscious public infrastructure.

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