This impressively quick renovation time for such an ambitious project is enabled by the 3D-printing technology. Reservations will open this summer, and the first guests will be able to visit as early as next year.

The transformed complex, headed by hotelier Liz Lambert, will consist of a community featuring lodgings called Sunday Homes and will cover over 60 acres (24ha). Previously, the small hotel spanned 21 acres (8ha).

ICON's technology excels at creating soft shapes and curved surfaces, making it possible to bring this design vision to life,' the construction tech company explains.ģD printing is not just about realising an aesthetic vision though. 'The new hotel and houses feature organic curves and domes, a primordial architectural language that can only be achieved by 3D printing. And this is one of the reasons why 3D printing was selected for the project. The ochre-coloured buildings of the new community, with their rounded forms, arches and parabolic shapes, will give the impression that they have sprung directly from the minimalist landscape. In the windswept Marfa desert, famous Denmark-based architectural firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and tech firm ICON – which together teamed up with NASA to develop designs for 3D-printed lunar structures and Mars habitats – have taken on the task of renovating a small 'glampground' hotel, called El Cosmico, to transform it into an establishment with various spaces and structures that fit perfectly within the natural desert environment. Over in the US state of Texas, this unusual project is set to take shape.

the features sound familiar enough for a new, traditional hotel, except that the architecture of this project employs 3D-printing technology. An infinity pool, a spa, guest quarters with two to four bedrooms, a patio for relaxing dinners.

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