In oNetherlands-based concrete 3D printing firm CyBe completes the latest step in the city of Dubai’s path to a 3D printed future.

And the award for the most “the future is now” headline goes to this story, and the news that concrete 3D printing company CyBe has completed its first project in Dubai.

The Dutch firm has been working on the city’s new R&Drone Laboratory, one of a number of progressively technology-focused projects commissioned by Dubai’s numerous authorities.

Located in the desert at the city’s Solar Park, it will be home to exciting research facility. Exciting indeed, since 3D printing will be one of the areas of focus, alongside the building’s titular drones.

The Dubai Electrical and Water Authority, architects Wanders Wagner, engineering consultants Witteveen + Bos and construction firm CONVRGNT all have a stake in the project. But it is CyBe that planned and physically constructed the structure.

To achieve this the company used its array of proprietary, concrete-based products. This includes software, material and the CyBe RC 3Dp mobile printer.

Printing Concrete With CyBe

CyBe is one of many pioneering firms enlisted by Dubai to help it achieve an array of ambitious infrastructure goals. Indeed, one of these is to have 25 percent of its buildings 3D printed by 2030.

Detailing the process online, the company explains that the R&Drone Laboratory’s structure is comprised of 27 separate elements. In order to protect the printing concrete from the elements, a tent was erected around the entire building space.

The firm used a mobile variant of its printers to fabricate the facility. On the go, this printer can print at an average speed of 200mm per second. This means the team was able to fabricate the 168m2 space in only three weeks.

Under the hot desert sun, the next step for the R&Drone Laboratory is the addition of a ceiling, stairs and other essential functions.

CyBe, however, are about to head out on the road. The company will present its onsite printing at the VivaTech show in Paris, June 13 – 17.