Pangea BiotectureInitiative · Fort-AlesaEurope · MediterraneanSheet C-320

Rapid, resilient housing, printed.

Fort-Alesa is an initiative led by Pangea Biotecture with IAAC, OTTER and a network of European collaborators, addressing one of the continent’s most urgent needs: affordable, climate-resilient housing.

Section C-300: a 3D-printed dual wall On the left, a printer nozzle on a gantry travels back and forth along the wall, laying one bead of material per pass so the wall rises layer by layer from the foundation. On the right, a plan cut through the finished wall shows an outer printed skin, an inner printed skin that acts as thermal mass, a zig-zag printed web tying the two together, and the cavity between them filled with insulation. FOUNDATION GANTRY 01ONE BEAD PER PASS ELEVATION · NOT TO SCALE PLAN CUT OUTSIDEINSIDE 01OUTER SKIN 02INSULATION CAVITY 03PRINTED WEB · TIES SKINS 04INNER SKIN · THERMAL MASS SECTION C-300 · NOT TO SCALE
Section C-300. The printer lays the wall one bead at a time from the digital model. Two printed skins, tied by a printed web, hold insulation between them: mass inside, insulation outboard of it, the same rule as every Pangea wall.
01Approach

Designed for impact. Built for scale.

Fort-Alesa combines large-format 3D printing, passive solar design and off-grid Biotecture principles to deliver low-carbon, rapidly deployable housing across Europe and the Mediterranean.

  1. C-300

    Large-format 3D printing

    Printed dual walls, fast and repeatable.

    3D printing
  2. M-500

    Passive solar design

    Heating and cooling from the sun and the earth.

    Comfort
  3. S-100

    Off-grid systems

    Power, water and wastewater designed into every home.

    Systems
02 · Contact

Get involved.

Partners, sites and collaborators across Europe and the Mediterranean: tell us how you'd like to take part.

Start a project
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