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

这个i-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发一种板式、模块化的住房技术。美国正经历着400万套住房库存短缺，加上建筑业劳动力严重短缺。拟议的住房解决方案可能会加快住房单元的实施，并增加入门级买家的可用住房库存。此外，住房的设计减少了现场组装的时间，这可能会提高建筑劳动力的效率，并改善开发商的成本利润率。拟议的技术还将耐火能力作为主要设计目标。鉴于不同生态系统的野火风险增加，这可能会提高保险能力。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项目基于开发一种平板包装的模块化建筑建筑技术，这种技术可能会在标准结构解决方案的一小部分时间内准备就绪。建议的技术是一个基于组件的建筑系统，由预定义的模块化组件组成，其中嵌入了可以根据最终用户的需要进行配置的实用程序。结构构件旨在建造灵活的住宅、商业和工业空间，并可以根据需要的变化进行重新配置、添加、缩小、拆卸和移动。核心部件可以组装成更大的组件，用于构建最终的外壳组件。每个组件都按照标准化的1x1x1可重复栅格设计。这个x-y-z轴网格建立了允许设计系统在三个轴上进行缩放的基本测量。这种可重复的网格系统允许根据居住者的结构布局要求对结构组件进行组装、拆卸和重新配置，将组装时间减少到传统建筑技术的八分之一。可重复使用的部件降低了建造和维护成本，并利用了标准化的航运基础设施，减少了结构运输和组装所需的嵌入碳。建议的建筑方法提供了响应性和适应性的短期和长期结构解决方案。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.