3D printing a housing revolution with Jason Ballard of ICON

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

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🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

“If we keep doing what we’ve been doing, then we’re going to get what we’ve got—and what we got ain’t working.”

ICON Co-founder/CEO and proud Texan Jason Ballard believes that a radically different approach to construction holds the key to creating affordable housing and solving homelessness for the entire globe.

This week on How I Built This Lab, Jason’s venturesome path to inventing advanced technology that prints disaster-resilient homes from concrete—at a fraction of the traditional time and cost. Plus, a look at the Moon for more of Earth’s building solutions...

This episode was researched and produced by Carla Esteves, with music by Ramtin Arablouei.

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