3D Printed Habitations

Slight departure from the focus on the creation of a Maker facility. But I thought this was an interesting article about large scale additive manufacturing.

http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/07/09/race-build-3d-printed-habitations-continues-accelerate/

The potential for additive manufacturing is limitless. Having no constraints imposed by traditional building materials, this could have radical implications for architectural design and how people relate to buildings.

This article  shows how this process could effectively used to build a lunar colony.
http://www.fosterandpartners.com/news/archive/2013/01/foster-partners-works-with-european-space-agency-to-3d-print-structures-on-the-moon/