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Ukraine’s printed school in pictures

Ukrainian humanitarian group Team4UA leads the project with the support of Lviv City Council

This week GCR reported on Europe’s first 3D printed school taking shape in Lviv, western Ukraine.

Organisers say it could provide a blueprint for getting more than 5 million children back to school after Russia’s invasion so far has damaged 2,600 schools and completely destroyed more than 400.

Ukrainian humanitarian group Team4UA leads the project with the support of Lviv City Council and a number of companies, including Danish print-builder 3DCP Group and Ukrainian cement-maker Cemark.

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Team4UA has sent GCR a selection of photographs showing the project’s setting and progress.

The contractor, Danish print-builder 3DCP Group, erects the gantry to support the moving print-head as it deposits layers of cementitious material

The printer, made by Danish firm Cobod International, arrived on site two weeks ago

Ukrainian cement-maker Cemark is providing the materials

The schools walls rise layer by layer

Team4UA says printing the 506.5-sq-m school will be finished soon

This article was edited 5 June 2023 to give Team4UA its correct name, and its correct nationality, which is Ukrainian and not Polish

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