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The house that AI, robotics, and 3D printing built: alumni-led company pioneers digital house-building

Harnessing cutting-edge digital technologies and automated construction methods, Nexus Innovations is poised to transform how homes are built. Co-founded by Executive MBA graduate, Joshua Crone from St Hugh’s College and Oxford Saïd Business School, the company is preparing to break ground on Belgium’s first 3D-printed urban redevelopment project: in a bold step toward redefining the future of housing.

By integrating efficient design with industrial robotics, artificial intelligence, and 3D printing, Nexus aims to deliver architecturally-distinctive homes that are high-quality and more sustainable. This next-generation approach to home building dramatically reduces material use, noise pollution, and construction waste, setting a new benchmark for performance and environmentally conscious building, explains Nexus.

Joshua said, ‘Housing is one of humanity’s most pressing challenges – and a stagnant construction industry is a big part of the problem. There have been many high-profile attempts to solve this through modular factories, but they often struggle. The scale needed to keep them financially viable is enormous, and their output tends to be overly standardised – which is a hard sell for buyers looking for character and choice. On top of that, once components reach the unpredictability of the building site, quality issues and delays often undo any efficiency gains.’

He explained, ‘What we are doing is fundamentally different. We have built a seamless digital thread – connecting design directly to on-site automation.

‘We have combined our engineering with proven industrial robots, creating a scalable solution. Our 3D printing system gives us the freedom to build in the forms people want, without sacrificing quality or design. This is the kind of productivity leap the industry has been chasing for decades – and we believe we have cracked it.’