中東土豪新玩法 迪拜要建3D打印摩天大樓

A construction firm based in Dubai has announced plans to build the world's first 3D-printed skyscraper.

迪拜一家建築公司日前宣佈，他們將建造世界上第一棟3D打印的摩天大廈。

The company, called Cazza, has confirmed that it will be erected in the United Arab Emirates. It says it will use a new technique called "crane printing" to create the building.

這家名叫Cazza的公司，已經確認該大廈將被矗立在阿拉伯聯合酋長國。據悉，建造這棟大廈將會用到一種叫做“起重機打印”的新技術。

"When we first thought of implementing 3D printing technologies, we were mostly thinking of houses and low-rise buildings," Cazza CEO Chris Kelsey told Construction Week Online.

Cazza公司CEO克里斯·凱爾西向《建築週刊》透露：“我們最初考慮3D打印技術時，主要想的是低層建築。”

"Developers kept asking us if it was possible to build a 3D printed skyscraper. This led us to begin researching how we could adapt the technologies for taller structures."

“但開發商老是問我們能不能建一座3D打印的摩天大樓。於是我們開始了研究如何改善3D打印技術以適應高層建築的結構。”

Buildings have been 3D-printed before, with the key benefits being low costs and speedy completion.

之前使用3D打印技術建造的建築，有一個關鍵性的優點就是低成本且高效率。

"Through our technologies, we will be able to build architecturally complex buildings at never-before seen speeds," added Mr Kelsey. "It is all about economies of scale where the initial high technology costs will reduce as we enter the mass-production phase."

“通過我們的技術，我們將會以前所未見的速度建造從建築學來看十分複雜的建築，”克里斯補充道。“當我們進入批量生產階段時，初始的高科技科研的費用將會減少，這完全是由於規模經濟的結果。”

Cazza is yet to disclose the building's planned height or any commencement or completion dates, but the Encyclopedia Britannica describes a skyscraper as a building "of unusual height, generally greater than 40 or 50 stories".

Cazza公司至今沒有透露這棟建築的計劃高度或者任何開工與完工的數據，但是大不列顛百科全書將摩天大樓描述爲一棟“擁有不尋常的高度，通常高於四十或五十層”的建築。