Most homes are built block by block, or brick by brick. But a demo house in Calverton, New York, was constructed scan by scan - its walls made using a giant three-dimensional printer.
I don’t think this will be suitable for larger constructions (that are already build in a somewhat similar method for decades), but for such individual houses the effort to bring in this kind of large equipment doesn’t seem to be worthwhile. If you have to bring in a crane etc. you might as well use factory build pre-fab components that are likely better and cheaper.
The main point of traditional brick and mortar construction is how well is scales down. Basically all you need is some human labor and hand tools.
I don’t think this will be suitable for larger constructions (that are already build in a somewhat similar method for decades), but for such individual houses the effort to bring in this kind of large equipment doesn’t seem to be worthwhile. If you have to bring in a crane etc. you might as well use factory build pre-fab components that are likely better and cheaper.
The main point of traditional brick and mortar construction is how well is scales down. Basically all you need is some human labor and hand tools.