Arkansas’s first-ever inaugural 3D-printed housing project has received the green light from the Rogers City Council, which approved selling an acre of land to the Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation for the development. The project is aimed at addressing housing affordability.
The foundation’s affordable housing division, Groundwork Northwest Arkansas, will use 3D-printed concrete technology to build two-story duplexes at 920 S First Street for those earning below 80 percent of the area’s median income. The sale of land was sanctioned at $50,000.
“This will be one of, if not THE, first two-story residential 3D-printed homes in the U.S., and it is the first 3D-printed home in Arkansas,” Groundworks Executive Director Duke McLarty said.
For the project, Groundwork will partner up with Alquist 3D, a company known for using robotic technology to create 3D-printed concrete homes, capable of building a 1,500-square-foot home in 30 hours.
“At least four structures” comprising “at least eight units of housing” are expected to come from the project. These will feature two-story duplexes ranging from 1,300 to 1,600 square feet.
Construction is expected to begin in late spring or summer, with occupancy anticipated by late 2024.
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