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Regolith House
Plume Design Lab: Kory Bieg, AIA, and Clay Odom
“It’s one of the most convincing
arguments I’ve seen for the potential
of 3D printing as a viable tool for the
production of small buildings. The
logic driving the plan organization and
layout is quite compelling as it groups
large spaces [and] compartmentalizes
smaller, intimate spaces in the home.”
— Keith Krumwiede
56 Texas Architect
9/10 2024
Small-scale, affordable housing should be as
ambitious as our cities9 biggest buildings. Regolith House uses technology developed by the 3D
concrete-printing company ICON to construct
spaces that support individuals and families,
encourage community, and renect environmental
sustainability. The proposal ofers a new set of wall
types, conceived as line types, that introduce variation to support additional uses and privacy while
removing interior doors and partitions. Maximizing ICON9s print envelope, four 450-sf living units
are printed at a time, using simple building systems
and prefabricated assemblies made of standard
building materials. The basic unit plan is organized
around a prefabricated kitchen insert with shared
plumbing that can be rotated 90 degrees to convert
two small units into a single three-bedroom unit.
