I-Corps: Flat-packed, reconfigurable panelized modular housing

这个I-Corps项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发一种嵌板式模块化住房技术。 美国正在经历400万套住房的库存短缺，加上建筑业的大量劳动力短缺。 拟议的住房解决方案可能会加快住房单元的落实，并增加入门级买家的可用住房库存。 此外，该房屋旨在减少现场组装的时间，这可以提高建筑劳动力的效率并提高开发商的成本利润。 所提出的技术还将火灾弹性作为主要设计目标。鉴于各种生态系统中野火的风险增加，这可能会提高可保性。更直接的影响包括通过引入完全可重新配置和可回收的住房解决方案和材料来减少碳排放。这个I-Corps项目基于开发一种扁平包装的模块化建筑施工技术，可以在标准结构解决方案的一小部分时间内准备就绪。所提出的技术是一种基于组件的构造系统，由预定义的模块化组件组成，嵌入式实用程序可以根据最终用户的需求进行配置。 这些结构组件旨在构建灵活的住宅，商业和工业空间，并且可以根据需求变化进行重新配置，添加，缩小，拆卸和移动。 芯元件可以组装成用于构造最终壳体组件的较大部件。每个组件都根据标准化的1 x 1 x 1可重复网格设计。该x-y-z轴网格建立了允许设计系统在三个轴上缩放的基本测量。这种可重复的网格系统允许结构部件根据居住者的结构布局要求进行组装、拆卸和重新配置，将组装时间减少到传统建筑技术的1/8。可重复使用的组件降低了建造和维护成本，并利用标准化的运输基础设施，减少了用于运输和组装结构的嵌入式碳。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of a panelized, modular housing technology. The United States is experiencing a housing inventory shortfall of 4 million units coupled with a substantial labor shortage in the construction industry. The proposed housing solution may expedite the implementation of housing units and increase the available housing inventory for entry-level buyers. In addition, the housing is designed to decrease the time on site for assembly, which may increase the efficiency of construction labor force and improve developer cost margins. The proposed technology also focuses on fire resiliency as a primary design objective. Given the increased risk from wildfires across various ecosystems, this may improve insurability. More direct impacts include the reduction of carbon emissions through the introduction of a fully reconfigurable and recyclable housing solution and materials.This I-Corps project is based on the development of a flat-packed modular building construction technology that may be move-in ready in a fraction of the time of standard structural solutions. The proposed technology is a component-based construction system made up of predefined modular components with embedded utilities that may be configured based on the end-user's needs. The structural components are designed to build flexible residential, commercial, and industrial spaces and may be reconfigured, added to, scaled down, disassembled, and moved as needs change. The core elements may be assembled into larger components used to construct a final housing assembly. Each component is designed according to a standardized 1 x 1 x 1 repeatable grid. This x-y-z axis grid establishes the base measurement that will allow the design system to scale on three axes. This repeatable grid system allows the structural components to be assembled, disassembled, and reconfigured based on the occupant’s structural layout requirements, reducing assembly time to 1/8 of traditional building technologies. The reusable components decrease construction and maintenance costs and utilize standardized shipping infrastructure, decreasing the embedded carbon for the transportation and assembly of the structure. The proposed construction method provides responsive and adaptive short- and long-term structural solutions.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.