InterBlocks, along with Modular 3D Printing, will bring tremendous impacts towards construction in cities around the world. Firstly, the process decreases costs for the construction of buildings. The technology would allow for printing parts on site, which would reduce the transportation costs of materials. Manufacturing the standard pieces in a facility would also decrease the cost per piece. The modular nature of the pieces would require little amounts of cement, decreasing the cost and amount of materials needed.

The InterBlocks pieces? design allow for great flexibility in construction. The standard pieces are designed in a way so that they could be either manufactured at a facility or 3D Printed on site, allowing for their use almost anywhere, with or without a 3D Printer. Customized modules also give a lot of flexibility in terms of design. These customized pieces can be designed to suit any architect?s needs in construction, serving both function and form. Afterwards, these designed pieces can be sent directly to a 3D Printer and be printed numerous times without all of the inconveniences of custom manufacturing in a facility. Having these pieces be 3D Printed significantly reduces the time it would take to make customized pieces.

This flexibility would also allow for a wide variety of uses for these pieces. Their design is flexible enough that it could be used for constructing houses, buildings, towers, and even the support structures and trusses of roads and bridges. Along with this, the pieces? modular design would allow for rapid construction of buildings. The modular system would also allow for easy replacement of pieces in case errors are made, unlike with just 3D Printing a building, where a jam might force the entire building to be redone. Along with this, Modular 3D Printing?s flexibility would allow for complex structures to be made more quickly, and would make it easier to experiment and apply these designs, further promoting a new revolution in unique buildings and construction methods.

In the realm of sustainable construction, there are two primary focuses: Firstly and most importantly, we must do our very best to ensure that the developing world/disaster stricken areas are given enough opportunities and assistance to catch up to the standards of our time. Secondly, infrastructural growth in all countries must be enhanced to sustain the population boom of the 21st century. We strongly believe that our proposed fusion between 3D Printing and Modular Construction technologies will greatly help fulfill both of these aspects.

The halved material and energy costs of InterBlocks components present these modules as economical building materials that are optimal for developing countries. The extreme flexibility gained by allowing clients to design modular components ensure that cities can better portray local aesthetics. Moreover, the swift construction rates that can be achieved through the usage of modules ensure that all cities, regardless of economic status, can attain rapid growth.

How wonderful a world it would be where one can simply convert a computer generated image into a real-life building in a matter of weeks or days. It is evident that our project?s modular 3D printing technology will make this a reality– in a decade or even less.