Number of Pages : 79 leaves
Adviser : Prof. Glen A. Imbang
Abstract
Additive Manufacturing or commonly known as 3D-Printing is an emerging technology that is foreseen by many experts to have a disrupting effect on many industries including construction and real estate. It is a form of technology wherein actual pieces are joined together, layer by layer, using a computer aided process. This technology is widely accepted to bring in several advantages to house construction such as greater customization, faster time-to-build and reduction of construction solid waste.
Historically, the technology began in Japan in the early 1980s when a Japanese inventor based in Nagoya created the principle of Stereolithography. The process became the catalyst for the succeeding research and development in the field known today as Additive Manufacturing or 3D Printing. The invention in Japan was followed through by several scientists and engineers from France and USA leading to other forms of additive process.
In real estate and construction industries, the concept of 3D printing has been used mostly to develop scale-models. However, there were developments in recent years, particularly in China, Dubai and US, where the technology was used to build small houses in less than 24 hours. In the Philippines, the concept is still not yet introduced as an alternative method to the traditional way of building houses, although its use is applied already in creating house model prototypes.
This project will aim to provide a concrete understanding on how 3D-Printing may disrupt the sector of socialized housing in the Philippines. It will try to analyze the different commercial, governmental and technological factors that would make the technology succeed or fail. In the end, the project hopes to provide relevant information and strategies for all stakeholders for their early adoption of additive manufacturing in developing mass housing projects.
Furthermore, the project also aims to use various methodologies and principles to develop models on how stakeholders (i.e. government agencies, academic institutions, private individuals, corporations, and non-government organizations) would address the threats and opportunities that could be derived from this technology. Methodologies to be applied would revolve around Scenario Planning Analysis, but other tools will be used as well, including Industry Analysis, PESTLE Analysis, and Forecasting Tools and Techniques.
Historically, the technology began in Japan in the early 1980s when a Japanese inventor based in Nagoya created the principle of Stereolithography. The process became the catalyst for the succeeding research and development in the field known today as Additive Manufacturing or 3D Printing. The invention in Japan was followed through by several scientists and engineers from France and USA leading to other forms of additive process.
In real estate and construction industries, the concept of 3D printing has been used mostly to develop scale-models. However, there were developments in recent years, particularly in China, Dubai and US, where the technology was used to build small houses in less than 24 hours. In the Philippines, the concept is still not yet introduced as an alternative method to the traditional way of building houses, although its use is applied already in creating house model prototypes.
This project will aim to provide a concrete understanding on how 3D-Printing may disrupt the sector of socialized housing in the Philippines. It will try to analyze the different commercial, governmental and technological factors that would make the technology succeed or fail. In the end, the project hopes to provide relevant information and strategies for all stakeholders for their early adoption of additive manufacturing in developing mass housing projects.
Furthermore, the project also aims to use various methodologies and principles to develop models on how stakeholders (i.e. government agencies, academic institutions, private individuals, corporations, and non-government organizations) would address the threats and opportunities that could be derived from this technology. Methodologies to be applied would revolve around Scenario Planning Analysis, but other tools will be used as well, including Industry Analysis, PESTLE Analysis, and Forecasting Tools and Techniques.
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