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= gem-gum bricks =

Silent dust free reversible assembly of [[diamondoid metamaterial|gem-gum-tiles]] with very high and possibly adjustable [[thermal isolation]] can replace concrete, clay bricks, wood, steel sheets, styrofoam and essentially all other materials that today are used in house building. Materials could be delivered via an [[global microcomponent redistribution system]]. ("pumping houses")

[[quasi welding|High level connection mechanisms]] for AP products should allow taking out bricks of various shapes and sizes. Eiter via 
makroscale automation or completely manually.

If the materials are in place modifiable they could perform self repair and physical software upgrades possibly using upgrade compatibility [[microcomponent]] adapters if the new microcomponents are of different shape than the old ones.

= Decor from Nature =

For looks thin sheets of stone (e.g. granite) cut out from the lithosphere via advanced [[underground working]] can be integrated.
The exact location from where it was cut out can be kept stored and the pieces can be protected by thin diamond enclosures. This preserves as much of nature as possible and allows for later research if interest arises at some point in time.
The pieces can be made small enough such that they can be easily lugged around by a human one at a time and stacked close enough such that the joint gaps are not visible without a microscope.
Pieces of wood bamboo or just about any other nice looking stuff could be encapsulated for wall decor too.

= Spezialisation =

The metamaterials of interest here are of a specialized nature unlike e.g. [[utility fog]].
(self limiting for security reasons)

= Price =

Concrete and clay are among the cheapest materials available today thus AP metamaterials even if as cheap as potatoes might have trouble to compete with them.
Inflated low density structures can help making them competitive. Also there's the much higher durability functionality and the possibility to replace at a low rate motivating their usage.

= Related =

* civil engineering

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