{"id":18606,"date":"2026-06-06T07:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/europes-largest-3d-printed-apartment-building-just-changed-everything\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T07:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:29:38","slug":"europes-largest-3d-printed-apartment-building-just-changed-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/europes-largest-3d-printed-apartment-building-just-changed-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe\u2019s Largest 3D-Printed Apartment Building Just Changed Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Something significant happened in Bezannes, France \u2014 and the construction industry should be paying close attention. ViliaSprint\u00b2, Europe\u2019s largest 3D-printed apartment building, has been completed, and it arrives less as a proof of concept and more as a genuine blueprint for what housing could look like moving forward. Developed by Plurial Novilia, designed by HOBO Architecture, and printed by PERI 3D Construction using a COBOD BOD2 printer, this is the kind of project that makes you reconsider what a building even is.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers are striking. Twelve social housing apartments across three floors, 800 square meters of living space \u2014 all printed on-site in just 34 days, down from an originally planned 50. That alone would be a headline. But what makes ViliaSprint\u00b2 genuinely remarkable is that it\u2019s the first building in France where both the load-bearing structure and every wall were printed directly on-site, with 100% of all loads transferred through the 3D-printed walls. No hybrid workarounds. No conventional skeleton hiding beneath the surface. The printer did the heavy lifting, quite literally.<\/p>\n<p>Designer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plurial-novilia.fr\/presse\/plurial-novilia-viliasprint2-2026\/\">Plurial Novilia<\/a> &amp; HOBO Architecture<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>HOBO Architecture\u2019s design leans into the honesty of the medium. The building\u2019s rounded geometry \u2014 fluid curves that would cost a fortune to achieve through conventional formwork \u2014 is made possible precisely because a machine, not a tradesperson, is doing the forming. It\u2019s design that could only exist with this technology, which is a rarer claim than it sounds. Timber balcony structures offset the weight of the concrete shell, adding warmth to a building that could otherwise read as cold and industrial.<\/p>\n<p>Sustainability is baked into the structure rather than retrofitted onto it. The optimized curved form saved roughly 10% of concrete volume. Holcim supplied the printable concrete using its TectorPrint technology within the CO\u2082-reduced ECOPact range, reinforced with synthetic macro fibres. Perlite insulation, 500 square meters of photovoltaic panels, and a hybrid gas-heat pump system by Atlantic Syst\u00e8mes push the building to around 60% energy self-sufficiency \u2014 fully compliant with France\u2019s RE2020 2025 green building targets.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The building sits directly beside a conventionally constructed twin, built by the same developer simultaneously, as a live comparison. The 3D-printed version finished three months ahead. It also required only three workers to erect the walls, compared to six for the conventional build \u2014 a meaningful detail as the construction industry faces deepening skilled labor shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Plurial Novilia is already planning the next move: roughly 40 apartments, two printers running simultaneously, with a target to cut print time by a factor of four. ViliaSprint\u00b2 isn\u2019t the destination. It\u2019s the proof that the destination is real.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/05\/europes-largest-3d-printed-apartment-building-just-changed-everything\/\">Europe\u2019s Largest 3D-Printed Apartment Building Just Changed Everything<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/\">Yanko Design<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something significant happened in Bezannes, France \u2014 and the construction industry should be paying close attention. ViliaSprint\u00b2, Europe\u2019s largest 3D-printed apartment building, has been completed, and it arrives less as a proof of concept and more as a genuine blueprint for what housing could look like moving forward. 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