Pedro Garc\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez, 48, is a carpenter in the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco, a rainforest-shrouded region of the country where about half of the residents live below the poverty line.<\/p>\n
He ekes out a living making about 2,500 pesos ($125.17) a month from a tiny workspace inside the home he shares with his wife, Patrona, and their daughter, Yareli. The home has dirt floors, and during Tabasco\u2019s long rainy season, it\u2019s prone to flooding. Dust from his construction projects coats nearly everything in the home, clinging to the bedroom walls, the pump toilet and the counters of his makeshift kitchen.<\/p>\n
But that will soon change. In a matter of months, Mr. Hern\u00e1ndez and his family are moving to a new home on the outskirts of Nacajuca, Mexico: a sleek, 500-square-foot building with two bedrooms, a finished kitchen and bath, and indoor plumbing. What\u2019s most unusual about the home is that it was made with an 11-foot-tall three-dimensional printer.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nearly any object can be printed in 3-D; in construction, concrete, foam and polymers can produce full-scale buildings. Only now, the real estate industry is warming to the trend. https:\/\/t.co\/YJEKHqGacT<\/a><\/p>\n — NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) September 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n