The Italy-based company behind WASP (World’s Advanced Saving Project), a 3D printer that builds using mud, could be the future of housing in many different parts worldwide where there is plenty of earth – which is also the most affordable, local building material around. The entire idea of the WASP 3D printer is to make it easier to go through the once labor-intensive process of building using earth, thanks to an automated, digital fabrication process.
It certainly lives up to the namesake of the insect, don’t you think so? After all, there are some wasps that do build their homes out of mud. How apt! This 3D printer can print structures up to 3 metres (10 feet) tall, using a mix of mud, clay and fibre as a binder.