Components and Systems: Modular Construction Design, Structure, New Technologies. Gerald Staib, Andreas Dorrhofer, Markus Rosenthal

Components and Systems: Modular Construction Design, Structure, New Technologies


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Components and Systems: Modular Construction Design, Structure, New Technologies Gerald Staib, Andreas Dorrhofer, Markus Rosenthal
Publisher: Birkhäuser Architecture




Rather, the future lies in questioning what an inhabitable structure is. As a designer, architect, artist and founder of the Mediated Matter group at MIT's Media Lab, Neri Oxman has dedicated her career to exploring how digital design and fabrication technologies can mediate between matter and environment to radically transform the way we For instance, today's buildings are made up of modular parts and components that are mass-produced and interchangeable. The project profile page shares the essential details: In order to meet such an aggressive design and construction schedule the building and the component are design as a system of modular component. Even Builder Tom incorporated a form of this basic technology in the building of the cathedrals. Students As a result, students are able to explore and design a complex, homogenous mesh of a single material that performs efficiently as both structure and enclosure. Using modular construction techniques, the wall systems for the structure were assembled by Simplex Industries at their climate-controlled Scranton, Pa., facility. As defined on the website, “Utilihab is a sophisticated open source modular building system for homes and utility structures that affords for housing the same ease of assembly as a PC, allowing structures of most any size to be built by one to a few people using In this particular design does not seem to be any advantage to the use of aluminum over wood (from well managed forests). R-Control® Structural Insulated Panels are used in walls, roof, and floor applications. In 1971, Disney World's Contemporary Hotel was built using modular construction when the rooms were built offsite, then transported to be fit into their structural frames. Utilihab steps into the fray with a project to open source new home construction. This generative process is employed as a strategy for developing new architectural component systems that are composed of folded elements. Dating back to the 19th century, there were often pattern and plan books showing building and component designs that those skillful construction professionals could turn into finished buildings. This is why we created the Continuous Delivery Maturity Model, to give structure and understanding to the implementation of Continuous Delivery and its core components. Inspiration for this model This platform includes adopting specific tools , principles, methods and practices that we have organized into five key categories, Culture & Organization, Design & Architecture, Build & Deploy, Test & Versification and Information & Reporting. These should not be taken literally, but as explorations which will inform the design and construction of actual enclosure systems.