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Dwelling

Describe the house. Draw the intent.

Rooms, envelope, water, heat — then a floor schematic and a materials takeoff. Photoreal 3D and printer G-code come later. The brief is the contract.

Working parcel

38 ac · $165k · termsDossierAssessDealFund

Envelope

Floor schematic920 sf

Great roomSleep
Printed local earthVaulted earth

Printed earth

A house from this parcel’s dirt

Crane printers lay screened local soil into vaulted walls. Mix tests first. Italy-origin on-site printers and US cementitious printers both live in Supply.

Wet Hollow Ridge: silt loam, pH 6.2. Geotech before a vault.

Materials intent

  • On-site soil mix506 yd³

    Screened local earth + clay + binder. Test shrink/swell.

  • Print wall thickness16–24 in

    Load-bearing, vaulted.

  • Roof / catchment1058 sf

    First-flush + cistern for driest 60 days.

  • Water / bathSeptic or wetland + well/cistern

    Perk and print path both want a decision before the pad.

  • HeatRocket or EPA stove + mass

    Mass walls do half the work on printed earth.

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