Why the future of housing may come out of a giant printer

Sep 15, 2025 | 17:37 IST

(Photo: Jordan Vonderhaar/ New York Times)

As housing costs soar, a billion-dollar company believes the answer lies in printing entire communities layer by layer

Growing up in a small town in east Texas, Jason Ballard didn’t imagine he would one day use robots to print houses. He was busy chasing flying squirrels and swimming with alligators in the dense conifer woods behind Texas’ pine curtain.

He felt called to God in those woods, which always smelled like Christmas. He thought he would be a preacher, and after high school, he entered the formal discernment process, a testing-of-the-waters of priesthood.

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Why the future of housing may come out of a giant printer

As housing costs soar, a billion-dollar company believes the answer lies in printing entire communities layer by layer

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Why the future of housing may come out of a giant printer

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