Andrey Kudenko, a contractor by day who is also well versed in architecture and engineering, recently picked up a most peculiar hobby — he took to building a castle in his backyard.
What makes Kudenko’s story noteworthy on a technology site is not so much what he’s building but rather how he’s constructing the castle itself. You see, rather than use his hands to shape and stack the building’s blocks, Kudenko built a 3D printer that produces free-layering concrete using an Arduino microcontroller and special set of drivers, and tasked it with creating the unit.
His efforts have not only provided him with a beautiful castle for his backyard, they’ve also led to the world’s first concrete-based 3D printer. And now that he’s built a castle using the technology, Kudenko plans on using his story as a proof of concept, and introduce the world to a whole new way of building sustainable housing units with a device that can complete construction in one continuous print.
Kudenko believes he can refine his current printer to be more efficient, and will be working on that in the immediate future. In the meantime, he has set up a website to document his progress, and to also seek out designers, architects, and software engineers interested in helping him expand on his designs.
If you or anyone you know would like to help Kudenko out, you can contact him directly via his website.
Who knows — maybe you’ll be a part of what he calls a whole new era of architecture!
To see the concrete 3D printer in action, check out the video below:
Via totalkustom.com
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