LISTENING 1 C1
Archicast: the architecture podcast
Podcast
You are going to listen to a podcast explaining how 3-D printing could be used to construct the house of the future.
1 Match the names of three
construction methods (13) to the
descriptions of the process (AC).
1 Contour Crafting
2 Wikihouse
3 3-D Print Canal House
A You download the plans from
the internet and change them
depending on your needs, then a
machine cuts out the parts of the
house and you put them together.
B This company prints the individual
parts of a house, then puts them
all together.
C A machine builds houses
automatically by moving
backwards and forwards, pouring
out the materials layer by layer.
2 Listen to the podcast. Are these statements true or false?
1 3-D printing should be faster and cheaper than traditional construction methods.
TRUE / FALSE
2 In Contour Crafting, the house is built from concrete first, and all other parts are
added afterwards. TRUE / FALSE
3 To build a Wikihouse, you need to have access to your own tools, like hammers
and ladders. TRUE / FALSE
4 The Wikihouse can be adapted based on services in the place where its built.
TRUE / FALSE
5 The 3-D Print Canal House uses a specially-built printer to make the parts.
TRUE / FALSE
6 The public can view a completed 3-D Print Canal House. TRUE / FALSE
3 Listen again and choose the correct project for each key point (19).
Key points Contour Wikihouse 3-D Print
Crafting Canal House
1 Uses wood
2 Uses natural plastic
3 Uses concrete
4 Choose your design from a selection
5 Each house can be custom-designed
6 Unique only one in the world
7 Public can visit
8 Could be used in outer space
9 Could be used after natural disasters
4 Complete the definitions with the words in the box.
cutting-edge innovative layer open source prior revolutionise shell
slums systematic
1 : (verb) to completely change the way that something is done
2 : (adjective) introducing or using new ideas for ways of doing something
3 : (adjective) done according to a system or plan, in a thorough,
efficient or determined way
4 : (noun) an area of a city that is very poor and where the buildings
are dirty and in bad condition
5 : (noun) a level or part within a system
6 : (adjective) software or hardware for which the original source code
is made available to anyone
7 : (adjective, only before noun; formal) happening or existing before
something else or before a particular time
8 : (noun) any structure that forms a hard outer frame
9 : (adjective) at the newest, most advanced stage in the development
of something
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