00:00Ballarat's first 3D printed home is no longer just about tech and speed.
00:05It is now a live-in home with its first resident moving in, an 18-year-old.
00:10An 18-year-old with complex disabilities.
00:12I'm really, really happy with...
00:15Everything that the team here has achieved to produce a home of this...
00:20...quality in the amount of time that we had done and to be able to help support...
00:25...Luker and his family.
00:27Bobby Cook is Luke's grandparent.
00:30When Luke was about 14 or 15, his disability was...
00:35...leaded behaviours became unsafe for my husband and I to continue.
00:40I'm talking to 24-7.
00:42A window in Luke's game room was broken during...
00:45...a recent meltdown.
00:46It just broke into lots of different little pieces.
00:49So the house is still...
00:50...fully sealed and we've just put some plastic over it.
00:54So...
00:55...so that it's really safe and there's no sharp edges.
00:58Many, many, many...
01:00...TVs, many range hoods, lights, doors...
01:05...windows.
01:06He was constantly rather than...
01:09Umm...
01:10...hmm...
01:11which he hasn't done, he did property damage.
01:16We were looking for specialist disability accommodation for Luca to transition to.
01:21When he turned 18, we were offered an opportunity to.
01:26I was actually a part of this amazing pilot program.
01:29And when I got the call, would you...
01:31Would you be interested in a 3D printed house for Luca?
01:36I was like, yes, of course, construction began in...
01:41September 2024.
01:43And just 12 weeks later, the home was ready to...
01:46...to move in.
01:47Words cannot express how grateful I am...
01:51...for that.
01:52And they gave us a 16 week...
01:56...filled time.
01:57They said, we'll have it done in 16 weeks.
02:00And that...
02:01...that's quite anxiety invoking because who builds a house in 16 weeks?
02:06But do you know what?
02:07It was ready in 12.
02:11...the house from a blank block of land until when they...
02:16...could hand over the keys was 12 weeks.
02:19Two access in every room.
02:21Tower hooks fused into the concrete.
02:23An iron laundry sink built right into...
02:26...toilet suite, a climate-controlled garage.
02:29Every inch of this...
02:31...this 3D printed home has been purpose-built to suit Luca's needs.
02:36You might wonder why we've still got the old TV box.
02:39Why would you keep an old TV box?
02:41Well, as you can see here, it's got...
02:46...some holes in it.
02:48And when Luca has been distressed...
02:51...and overwhelmed rather than doing property damage...
02:54...he's been able to...
02:56...and manage the box.
02:57Whereas before, he got the feedback that he wanted.
03:01...from damaging walls, he did try...
03:04...and he did hurt his neck.
03:06Since moving here, we've had three...
03:10...since moving here, we've had three...
03:11...meltdowns that have led to property damage...
03:14...in, you know, three months.
03:16...as opposed to three or four times a week.
03:20He...
03:21...I see him feel very grounded and connected in this space...
03:26And I think that because it sits so solidly,
03:31on the earth and it is so considered and it's been...
03:36built with him in mind.
03:39This first one was just to prove that we...
03:41we could, you know, do what we were saying.
03:43With the display home,
03:44with that one being finished, you know, around...
03:46in that sort of May timeframe,
03:49feel free to, you know, invite everyone.
03:51So, you know, everyone can come up and have a look.
03:53But the future is going to be very, very exciting.
03:56We've got developers on board who want to do multi-unit projects.
04:00We've got...
04:01clients who themselves want to live in a 3D printed home.
04:04And we're also talking to...
04:06to state and federal government right now.
04:11Let's do the new pr sixteen.
04:25You've got...
04:28You've got...
04:31And the other tag...
04:33So let's do it!
04:35First it'll be really...
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