World’s ‘first fully 3D printed’ home unveiled

Wi-Fi trees, driverless transport, smart buildings and co-working will be commonplace in 2040 according to a new report.

‘What does good look like?’ That was the question a senior director of a multi-disciplinary property group put to me over breakfast as she grappled to understand where her firm stood in the proptech pecking order.

The organiser of the MIPIM stable of property industry events is expecting 1,500 delegates at the inaugural MIPIM PropTech Europe, to be held in Paris on 20 and 21 June this year.

PlaceTech looks at three of Europe’s most impressive Smart Buildings, to find out how new technologies are impacting energy efficiency and enhancing employee experience.

With around £11m of orders already secured, Manchester-based Wondrwall expects to start shipping its smart home technology — the culmination of four years’ development — at the start of next month.

Deetu, part of engineering and environmental firm BWB Consulting, has launched its latest product, Explore, a 4D modelling platform being taken to MIPIM next week to promote Nottingham and Sheffield.

Sensors allow us to monitor, control and understand our surroundings in ways we’d hardly thought possible just a few years ago.

Unlike Leonardo Da Vinci’s mechanical knight, sketched 500 years ago, today’s robots are being put to work across the property sector for more peaceful pursuits.

Disruptive technology is driving a shift in market behaviour in the property industry, but many businesses do not yet know how to take advantage of the opportunities on offer, according to experts speaking at Digital Opportunities 2018.