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This is the first house to be 3D printed from raw earth Multiple printers constructed the building in 200 hours using local soil, meaning it’s zero-waste and needed no materials to be transported to the site. Words Mario Cucinella Architects and Wasp, Italy’s leading 3D printing company, have completed the first house to be 3D-printed from raw earth. The process coined Tecla (standing for technology and clay) is eco-sustainable and environmentally friendly due to the production being zero waste and needing no materials to be transported to the site as it uses local soil. It took just 200 ...

© Iago Corazza Text description provided by the architects. The first eco-sustainable housing model 3D printed entirely from local raw earth. This genuinely innovative and pioneering approach was conceived from the start as a joint project between the two firms, who worked closely throughout the project’s design and construction. Section Metaphorically inspired by one of Italo Calvino's ‘invisible cities’ - the city in continuous construction - the name TECLA evokes the strong link between past and future by combining the matter and spirit of timeless ancient homes with the world of 21...

Tecla house 3D-printed from locally sourced clay Bologna-based architecture studio Mario Cucinella Architects and 3D printing specialists WASP have collaborated to create a low-carbon housing prototype that is 3D printed using clay. Named Tecla, a combination of the words technology and clay, the home was designed by Mario Cucinella Architects and was constructed and engineered by Wasp using clay sourced from a nearby riverbed. Top: Tecla was made by Mario Cucinella Architects and Wasp. Above: the prototype was printed using 350 layers of clay Printed in Massa Lombarda, Italy, the home is fo...

After years in the making, it’s finally time to meet TECLA—an eco-friendly model home designed in the likeness of a wasp’s nest. In 2019, 3D-printing company WASP and Mario Cucinella Architects (MCA) unveiled their concept to design the first 3D-printed house made entirely from clay. Today, the collaborative project—known as TECLA, a name derived from the words technology and clay—is finally complete and on display near Bologna, Italy. Created from clay harvested at the build site, TECLA sports a curvy, ridged facade—similar to an oversize wasp’s nest—with large, circular s...

Architecture news & editorial desk An environment-friendly, sustainable home made from locally sourced raw earth using 3D printing technology could be a potential solution for addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the world today. Italian architecture practice Mario Cucinella Architects (MC A) has collaborated with leading 3D printing specialists WASP to create a prototype for a 3D printed habitat. Named TECLA (from technology and clay), the eco-sustainable home is a new carbon-neutral circular housing model created entirely from recyclable materials sourced from the local terrain,...