Project Milestone can rightly be considered groundbreaking for many reasons. Not only from the perspective of the technology and builders, but also from the design, the community and the future residents. When the residents of the first house received the keys, there stood a house that fulfilled all their comfort needs. Made sustainable and energy efficient, but also cozy, light and quiet. Realized in a fantastic, natural, wooded setting.

Disruptive

Ultimately, the project has five houses, each exhibiting the ever-evolving development of 3D printing technology and architecture. This ambitious undertaking will take the standards of 3D concrete printing to the next level and ensure that these houses are more than just experimental. They are guaranteed to be enjoyed and comfortably inhabited by their owners for decades to come.

Architecture

The design by Houben / Van Mierlo architects not only stands like a house, the futuristic design has also managed to be timeless. The design stems from the typical possibilities of the new technology. Namely, the 3D printing technique gives freedom of form, where traditional concrete is very rigid in form. That freedom of form was used here to create a design with which the homes naturally blend into their wooded surroundings, like boulders. As if the five buildings were left behind and have always existed in this wooded oasis.

Bosrijk

The homes will be located in Bosrijk, in the Meerhoven neighborhood. Bosrijk will be developed as a “sculpture garden,” with high-quality, ambitious architectural projects placed like sculptures in a continuous landscape. Of course, this sculpture garden is not just to look at, but also to actively enjoy. The ultimate Bosrijk resident does not sit behind the geraniums in his home, but is an 'urban cowboy' or 'urban nomad' who chooses his home as a base of operations for a dynamic life full of work, recreation and nature experience in a special scenic environment.