Measuring 2.5 meters tall high and 1.7 meters wide, the large plastic blocks look like little more than oversized liquorice candy or a confusing attempt at surrealist art.
Appearances can be deceiving.
According to DUS Architects, the Dutch company behind the project, these innocuous black objects are stage one of what will eventually be the world's first 3D printed house.
It is made using a "KamerMaker" machine, a giant, custom-made version of a desktop 3D printer that produces a material 10 times thicker than normal.
The finished structure will take the shape of a 13-room canal house made from scores of separate but interlocking components (like the three currently on show).
"These rooms will be structural entities on their own. We will then place them on top of each other to make a house," explained DUS Architects co-founder and director, Martine de Wit.
"Originally, we had the small printers in our office and we were printing scale models with them. Then we thought why not print it (the full house) right away," she added.
How does it work?
The interior and exterior walls of the house are printed at the same time with spaces left in between for electric wiring and pipes. These spaces are then filled in with concrete for insulation and reinforcement.
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