We are extermely excited to be working with an innovative investment & development team in Olivehurst, California - where, like much of California - there is an ongoing & increasing need for affordable housing. Consisting of 5 houses this project deploys 3D printing construction methods that reduce the cost of home ownership to well below market rates without sacrificing the architecture.
The CORDUROY CASTLES are now under construction!
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As a series of five 980sf 3D concrete printed single family, below-market houses the CORDUROY CASTLES aim to foster a tight knit community comprised of five small lot houses with semi-shared cross-lot yards. Architectural abstractions to the hooded window and stepped parapets – a nod to the western false front found throughout the rural county – are used as elements that differentiate the neighboring houses. Unironically, the stepped parapet of the Corduroy Castles recall what is typically understood to be the first 3d printed building; a tractor shed built in 1939 by William Urschel in Valparaiso, Indiana.
The CORDUROY CASTLES are now under construction!
As a series of five 980sf 3D concrete printed single family, below-market houses the CORDUROY CASTLES aim to foster a tight knit community comprised of five small lot houses with semi-shared cross-lot yards. Architectural abstractions to the hooded window and stepped parapets – a nod to the western false front found throughout the rural county – are used as elements that differentiate the neighboring houses. Unironically, the stepped parapet of the Corduroy Castles recall what is typically understood to be the first 3d printed building; a tractor shed built in 1939 by William Urschel in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Project Team:
Architect: Endemic Architecture
Developer: Kaizen Capital
General Contractor: 4Dify
3D Printing: SQ4D
Structural Engineer: Hewitt Consulting Group
Civil Engineer: California Engineering Company
Status: Under Construction
