Components and Systems: Modular Construction

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

Components and Systems: Modular Construction Design, Structure, New Technologies Gerald Staib, Andreas Dorrhofer, Markus Rosenthal ebook
ISBN: 3764386568, 9783764386566
Page: 241
Format: pdf
Publisher: Birkhäuser Architecture

Nor do they have This allows for uniform standards and design, which further reduces maintenance costs. Constructing industrial buildings, such as mining camps and small factories, has never been faster or easier thanks to modular technology. Rather, the future lies in questioning what an inhabitable structure is. €The construction industry and the design professions have been building modular buildings and prefabricated components for decades,” CollinsWoerman principal Arlan Collins said in a video. Components and Systems: Modular Construction Design, Structure, New Technologies. 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. 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. In regards to Many of the building components even come with plumbing and electrical systems installed. The system involves pouring separate concrete floor slabs on the footprint of a building, erecting a prefabricated steel frame around it to form the structure and then using hydraulic jacks to lift into place the roof and floor slabs already fitted with walls, cabinets and fixtures. It is now possible This means a firm no longer has to pay for a new set of structures at each site.