Project Milestone is a five-house initiative using 3D-printed concrete to explore new construction methods in Bosrijk, a residential area near Meerhoven in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The municipality made space for the project, and the homes were planned as a sequence in which each new build could advance the technology. The article does not give a formal founding or launch date. 1
The first house was a single-storey bungalow with rounded corners, an organic form and a ribbed exterior that shows the concrete’s layer-by-layer printing. Artist Elize Lutz and her partner Harrie Dekkers were selected through an open registration managed by real-estate firm Vesteda. They were due to receive the keys on 30 April 2021 and could move in for six months. 1
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), particularly the research group led by Theo Salet, developed the project’s technical knowledge and transferred it to industry. Salet was a professor of Concrete Structures and dean of TU/e’s Department of the Built Environment; his group’s work involved two PhD candidates and twenty master’s students. Saint-Gobain Weber Beamix supplied the concrete mortar, built its own printer and printed the house. 1
The project’s scope extends beyond the first home: four further houses were planned, with each build intended to test improvements. The article describes the project as a collaboration among the university, the municipality, construction companies and Vesteda, which buys and rents out the homes and provides input on residents’ needs. It reports that printing the first house took about a week, while noting that printing was only one part of a longer process. 1