SHANGHAI, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Shanghai company WinSun claimed it 3-D printed a five-story apartment building and villa using a 500-foot-long printer.

The apartment is undecorated, but the 11,840-square-foot villa is luxuriously decorated and on display in Suzhou Industrial Park.

It was printed using a special formula for patented "ink" comprised of construction waste such as concrete, fiberglass, sand, and a special hardening agent. It allows them to use a high amount of recycled material.

The process reduces construction waste by 30 to 60 percent, production times by between 50 and 70 percent, and labor costs by between 50 and 80 percent.

The same company claimed to print 10 houses in 24 hours in April.

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January 21, 2015 at 7:55 am by Mr HomeBuilder
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