Located in the North, Havelar wants to build affordable and efficient homes quickly. And it’s ready to enter the market.
Access to housing is one of the biggest issues of our day. And building sustainable homes with reduced carbon emissions is a challenge imposed by the European Union, which will greatly impact construction and real estate in Portugal. To provide answers to these two questions, there is now a solution in sight. 3D printing houses arrived in Portugal through Havelar, which wants to put them on the market with prices starting at 150 thousand euros.
The construction of 3D houses is a reality out there. And now it has arrived in Portugal. One of those responsible for printing 3D houses in our country is Havelar, which made an agreement with a global 3D technology company, Cobod. “Our vision is to create a solution to the housing crisis, with technology that will change the way homes are built in the future with high levels of automation, sustainability and design,” said Patrick Eichiner, CEO and co-founder of Havelar, in statements to journalists present at the company’s facilities in Vilar do Pinheiro (Vila do Conde) this Tuesday, March 19th.
The first 3D house completed in Portugal is a 90 square meter 2 Bedroom villa, which has concrete walls that took just 18 hours to print. Then, assembling the house – which includes the roof, doors, windows, kitchen and bathroom – took around two weeks. Thus, Rodrigo Vilas-Boas, co-founder of Havelar and architect of the OODA group, admits that “we were able to deliver the houses in a very short time” – presenting a 70% faster construction compared to traditional housing. A “turnkey” 3D house with the characteristics of this model costs around 150 thousand euros.
