The Future of Construction 3D Printing: Qatar Establishes the World's Largest Airplane-Sized 3D Printer
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By Mufaddal Shakir
7/22/20251 min read
The Future of Construction 3D Printing: Qatar Establishes the World's Largest Airplane-Sized 3D Printer
COBOD, a private company based in Denmark, which is a global leader in 3D printing construction solutions, has established the world's largest construction 3D printer at a school construction site in Doha, Qatar, in partnership with UCC Holding. The company has modified two of its large BODXL machines, measuring them to be 50 meters in length, 15 meters in height, and 30 meters in width, making them the largest construction 3D printers ever created. This project will see two entire public schools built from concrete layers in the desert, mimicking the curved and flowing wall structure of sand dunes. Each school is expected to cover an area of 20,000 square meters. The project is also set to qualify for the Guinness World Record for the largest construction structure created using 3D printing. For the past eight months, a devoted construction team of civil engineers, architects, material scientists, and 3D printer experts have been working and performed 100 full-scale test prints at a test site in Doha. The 3D-printed school construction is expected to be completed by 2025.
