Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Digitally fabricated low cost housing: material, joint and prototype
Motivated by the global housing deficit and limited natural resources, this study aims to utilize digital fabrication technologies coupled with local sustainable materials in the quest for alternative, adequate low-cost housing solutions for the less fortunate population, mainly in developing countries. The thesis is structured into two main parts: a theoretical and an empirical study. The theoretical part identifies the research problem and lays the foundation of knowledge, as well as defines the motivating questions, aim, objectives, scope, methodology and tools used throughout the thesis. An overview of fundamental concepts of mechanisation, standardisation, prefabrication, mass housing, and mass customisation is provided. Different types of prefabricated housing are presented followed by a discussion of select architect-led and industry-led early precedents in prefabrication. The theoretical part also includes an analysis of state-of-the-art built projects or prototypes of digitally fabricated houses. Through this analysis, how these prototypes respond to housing problems is addressed and an observation is made of how these built projects can be categorised into main streams or different trends. After defining the potentials and limitations of these precedents, a number of design criteria or design guidelines are proposed forming the basis for the proposition of a housing system that addresses these drawbacks under the name “Housing System 01”. The second part of the thesis is a Design-Build-Evaluate empirical study in which the proposed housing system combining concepts of complete off-site prefabrication with modular parametric localised digital fabrication is outlined. Given the necessity of cost reductions, an integral joining system (snap-fit) using an agricultural residue panel material is tested as the principal method for the construction of wall assemblies. The study proves that by using integral joints, it is possible to involve the end-user of the housing unit in the construction activities ...
Digitally fabricated low cost housing: material, joint and prototype
Motivated by the global housing deficit and limited natural resources, this study aims to utilize digital fabrication technologies coupled with local sustainable materials in the quest for alternative, adequate low-cost housing solutions for the less fortunate population, mainly in developing countries. The thesis is structured into two main parts: a theoretical and an empirical study. The theoretical part identifies the research problem and lays the foundation of knowledge, as well as defines the motivating questions, aim, objectives, scope, methodology and tools used throughout the thesis. An overview of fundamental concepts of mechanisation, standardisation, prefabrication, mass housing, and mass customisation is provided. Different types of prefabricated housing are presented followed by a discussion of select architect-led and industry-led early precedents in prefabrication. The theoretical part also includes an analysis of state-of-the-art built projects or prototypes of digitally fabricated houses. Through this analysis, how these prototypes respond to housing problems is addressed and an observation is made of how these built projects can be categorised into main streams or different trends. After defining the potentials and limitations of these precedents, a number of design criteria or design guidelines are proposed forming the basis for the proposition of a housing system that addresses these drawbacks under the name “Housing System 01”. The second part of the thesis is a Design-Build-Evaluate empirical study in which the proposed housing system combining concepts of complete off-site prefabrication with modular parametric localised digital fabrication is outlined. Given the necessity of cost reductions, an integral joining system (snap-fit) using an agricultural residue panel material is tested as the principal method for the construction of wall assemblies. The study proves that by using integral joints, it is possible to involve the end-user of the housing unit in the construction activities ...
Digitally fabricated low cost housing: material, joint and prototype
23.09.2017
Hochschulschrift
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
DDC:
690
Towards a digitally fabricated disassemble-able building system: a CNC fabricated T-Slot joint
| BASE | 2018
Digitally Fabricated Keyed Concrete Connections
| Springer Verlag | 2022
Experimental exploration of digitally fabricated connections for structural concrete
| BASE | 2023
Large Scale Testing of Digitally Fabricated Concrete (DFC) Elements
| Springer Verlag | 2018