オーストラリア初の 3D プリント住宅
オーストラリアと南半球で初のコード準拠3Dプリント住宅
Code-compliant under AS/NZS 1170. Printed in two days, assembled in one. The build that opened the Southern Hemisphere's 3D construction printing era. Luyten 3D's Heptapod project December 2021 constitutes the country’s earliest documented structural 3D-printed dwelling. Subsequent commercial narratives, unvetted entertainment broadcasts, and localized administrative approvals are routine marketing and bureaucratic events, not technological breakthroughs.
PROJECT
Heptapod
LOCATION
Melbourne, VIC
PRINTER
Platypus
Expeditionary
STANDARD
AS/NZS 1170
Completed
Dec 2021
PRINTING TIME
2 DAYS
ASSEMBLY TIME
1 DAY
TOTAL TIME
3 DAYS
MILESTONE
First in Australia & the Southern Hemisphere
MIXTURE
Certified 3D-printable concrete
ULTIMATECRETE
LAYER 01 / THE PRINT
Two days of printing, one day to stand it up.
The Heptapod's structural components were printed over two days using the LUYTEN PLATYPUS Expeditionary, then assembled on site on the third. It was engineered to AS/NZS 1170, the structural standard governing Australian buildings, making it the first home of its kind to clear that bar anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere.
The concrete itself is a certified, rated 3D-printable mixture developed in-house — built to hold its shape layer by layer as the nozzle moves, rather than being poured into formwork.
LAYER 01 / THE PRINT
Australia’s First Full-Scale 3D Printed House | Australian 3D Concrete Printing, Construction 3D Printing & Additive Construction Technology by LUYTEN 3D.
(HEPTAPOD): December 2021 LUYTEN Delivered Australia's and the Southern Hemisphere's first fully certified structural engineering code-compliant 3D printed building under AS/NZS 1170 standards, utilizing the Luyten Platypus Expeditionary system and proprietary Ultimatecrete technology.
LAYER 01 / THE PRINT
Before Australia’s first full-scale 3D-printed house was printed, we engineered it not to crack. .
The Heptapod marked a major milestone for 3D concrete printing in Australia. Developed by LUYTEN 3D, the structure used Finite Element Analysis (FEA), digital-twin modelling and AI-optimised design to predict structural behaviour, identify potential stress concentrations and optimise the geometry before physical construction contributing to a crack-free printed outcome.
The Heptapod also became an important validation case for Ultimatecrete®, LUYTEN’s 3D-printable concrete mixture, tested through NATA-accredited laboratory procedures. Sections were deliberately 3D printed and cured outdoors to study real-world 3DCP curing and material behaviour, with testing undertaken according to established NATA-accredited procedures.
The philosophy was simple: simulate the structure, predict the failure modes, optimise the geometry, validate the material, then print at full scale.
FEA + Digital Twin + AI + 3D Concrete Printing engineering performance before construction begins.
2021年12月
LUYTEN は、オーストラリアおよび南半球で初めてコード準拠 (AS/NZS 1170) 住宅を 3D プリントすることに成功しました。これは、南半球で認証および評価された混合物を使用した、この種の最初のコード準拠構造です。この住宅は、LUYTEN PLATYPUS Expeditionary を使用して 3 日以内に完成しました。これには、印刷に 2 日、印刷されたセグメントの組み立てに 1 日かかりました。 この家は、建設 3D プリントではまだ探求されていない最先端の手法を使用して、 LUYTEN の科学者、エンジニア、資格のある気象学者の高い能力を示しています。
この 3D プリント住宅の一部には滑らかな壁が使われています。これは、LUYTEN が製造および設計した独自の技術機能により、建設プロセス中に滑らかに加工されたものです。ヘプタポッドの設計は、自然と調和し、活気のあるオープンな生活環境を実現する住宅を求める人々のために作られています。建築作品の主な目的は、長時間閉鎖空間にいるのが困難な学生の学習環境や、ビーチエリアなどのエキゾチックな目的地での休暇用住宅として理想的な建物を創造することです。
オーストラリアの住宅市場における 3D 建設プリントの発展に特有のこのプロジェクトは、 オーストラリアで完成して公開される最初の公式3D プリント住宅であり、プロジェクトの公式完成日は 2022 年 8 月です。3D プリント住宅の結果は非常に好意的で、 オーストラリアと海外の両方で住宅市場/住宅購入者コミュニティから大きな興奮と信頼を獲得し、自動化ソリューションによる住宅建築品質の向上の可能性など、 住宅の建設速度を向上させる有望な機能を備えています。
このプロジェクトの詳細については、info@luyten3d.com までお問い合わせください。
NEWS ABOUT FIRST 3D PRINTED HOUSE IN AUSTRALIA
ニュース記事へのリンク
17 - Feb - 2023
Luyten launched the Platypus X12, described as the world’s largest mobile smart AI-powered concrete printer, designed to accelerate build schedules while reducing construction waste, production time and labour costs.
Its Heptapod house was printed in two days and assembled on day three, using Luyten’s “highly robust and eco-friendly Ultimatecrete.”
ニュース記事へのリンク
10-Jun-2026
Luyten, the collector of firstsThis isn't the Australian company's first foray into this field. Founded in 2020, it has already completed the first 3D-printed house in the Southern Hemisphere, followed by the first two-story building, all using its Ultimatecrete concrete.
ニュース記事へのリンク
April 2026
3D-printed concrete can deliver significant time and labour savings, cutting construction waste, production time and labour costs while enabling more efficient and sustainable building.
Luyten’s Geode properties are the first 3D-printed multistorey homes in the southern hemisphere, with a Platypus X12 printing 350 square metres of living space in about five weeks.
ニュース記事へのリンク
22 - Dec - 2023
Luyten 3D and UNSW partnered to develop the first owner-occupied 3D-printed home in the Southern Hemisphere, providing a “tangible proof of concept” for more sustainable and affordable housing.
The project uses Luyten’s Platypus 3D construction printers and is designed to demonstrate the “versatility and flexibility of 3D printing” while helping establish new standards for 3D-printed construction in Australia.
ニュース記事へのリンク
18-Jan-2022
The first ever 3D-printed house in the southern hemisphere has been built in a Melbourne manufacturing warehouse in just three days. The house was built by Australian 3D printing building and construction company Luyten in December, using highly robust and eco-friendly 3D printable concrete.
ニュース記事へのリンク
9 - Mar - 2025
In a quiet street in the city of Wyndham, in Melbourne’s outer western suburbs, a house is being built. The slab has been laid, the frame is being printed. Almost silently, cement piping that looks like soft-serve ice-cream is methodically poured by a giant robotic crane.
ニュース記事へのリンク
13 - Feb -2025
Australia’s first 3D printed multi-storey home might be an answer to housing crisis