The homes are being printed in big pieces at an Oakland warehouse by Mighty Buildings, a startup that’s one of a handful of companies hoping to use 3-D-printing technology to revolutionize the construction industry. But the corner of Ginger Rogers Road and Key Largo Avenue, just ten miles east of Palm Springs, has gained worldwide attention as the location of the “world’s first 3-D-printed zero net energy community,” where a developer plans to plop 15 freshly printed homes into the Southern California desert, and potential buyers have, reportedly, already plopped down deposits for three-bedroom, two-bath homes starting at $595,000 (two paid in bitcoin). The five-acre site in Rancho Mirage could be located anywhere in the Coachella Valley’s infinite sprawl: a vacant lot dotted with creosote and sagebrush, ringed by box stores and strip malls, with eight golf courses within a three-mile radius. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images The process of 3-D printing a building is mesmerizing, but is it really changing development?
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