Qatar's 3D-Printed Public School Nears Completion After More Than 500 Kilometers of Printed Layers

On October 30, 2026, Nanjixiong learned that Qatar's UCC Holding announced that its public school built using 3D printing has entered the finishing stage. Work is underway on the roof, doors and windows, and interior finishes, with the first students expected soon. COBOD describes the project as one of the larger 3D-printed buildings completed to date.

According to 3Dnatives, printing began in June 2025, and the walls were substantially completed in July 2026. Printing was performed using Danish company COBOD's BODXL concrete 3D printer, measuring 50 meters long, 30 meters wide, and 15 meters high. The two-story school occupies a 100-meter-by-100-meter site. Its 3D-printed walls have a total surface area of 30,000 square meters, and the cumulative length of the printed layers exceeds 500 kilometers. Because the printer could not cover the entire site in one setup, it was dismantled, moved, and reassembled 15 times. Printing took place mainly at night to avoid the effects of high temperatures on the concrete. The walls have an undulating dune-like form inspired by Qatar's desert landscape.



Nanjixiong's Observations
This project is one of two 3D-printed schools in Qatar's program to build 14 new public schools. The time from the start of printing in June 2025 to completion of the walls in July 2026 was not short. Large-scale deployment data on the actual efficiency and cost performance of construction 3D printing in the Middle East's high-temperature environment remain limited. Once this school opens, it will provide a valuable case to observe.

Source: 3Dnatives.

Original link: https://www.3dnatives.com/en/3d-printed-school-qatar-30102026/

AI-translated from an article by Kuaixiong on Nanjixiong, originally published on 2026-10-30. Text and images retain the original source attribution.
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