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Recently the world’s first 3D-printed office building was completed in Dubai. 3D printing is a new form of technology that is revolutionizing the world of architecture. It allows designers to create intricate designs on the computer, and then with the simple click of the button a large printer-like machine goes to work and “prints” the entire building on its own.
最近一棟世上首創的3D印刷辦公大樓在杜拜完工。3D印刷是一種讓建築世界掀起革命的新式科技。它讓設計師在電腦上創作複雜精細的設計細節，然後只要在一台像印表機一樣的大型機器上簡單按下「列印」，然後整棟建築物就會自己列印出來。
Located within the Dubai Emirates Towers complex, the new “Office of the Future” occupies 23 square meters and now serves as a fully functional office. It’s not the first 3D-printed building in the world, but it is the first office building of its kind .A 6 x 36 x 12 meter printer laid down most of the cement frame and walls of the building, while smaller printers worked on the finer details.
位在杜拜阿聯大廈聯合大樓內，這棟新式的「未來辦公室」地佔23平方公尺，現為全功能辦公室。這不是世界上第一棟3D列印的大樓，但卻是第一座辦公用途的大樓。一座6*36*12公尺大的印表機鋪設大部分的水泥架構及建築物的牆壁，而較小型的印表機則架構出較小的細節。
Taking only 17 days to complete the basic structure of the building, the printers finished the construction work way faster than human workers could have, and for a fraction of the cost. The building was printed in sections elsewhere and then assembled in two days on site. In total, the printing process only required one worker to supervise, and the assembly required seven. Finally, another ten electricians and other specialists handled the finishing touches. Compare this to the hundreds of workers required using traditional construction methods.
這些印表機只花17天就完成建築物的基本架構，機器完成建築工程的速度遠比人類工人的速度還快。建築物在別處列印，然後在現場則花了兩天組裝。列印的國城總共只需要一名工人監製，而組裝工程則需要七名工人。最後，還需要十位水電工及其他專業人士來處理最後階段。相比之下，傳統建築方法需要上百名工人。
With such impressive results, some architects and construction workers are beginning to wonder if they might someday be out of a job!
有如此令人印象深刻的結果，有些建築師及建築工人開始思考是否他們有天會失業！
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