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

I-Corps：扁平封装、可重新配置的面板式模块化外壳

• 批准号: 2331765
• 负责人: William Vaughan
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Colorado School of Mines
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-06-15 至 2023-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2331765&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Flat; packed; reconfigurable; panelized

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.

该I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发了套筒模块化住房技术。美国正经历着400万辆的住房库存短缺，以及建筑行业的劳动力短缺。拟议的住房解决方案可以加快住房单位的实施，并增加入门级买家的可用住房清单。此外，住房旨在减少装配现场的时间，这可能会提高建筑劳动力的效率并提高开发人员的成本利润率。拟议的技术还集中于火灾弹性作为主要的设计目标。鉴于各种生态系统的野火风险增加，这可能会改善保险。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。本I-Corps项目是基于开发扁平包装的模块化建筑建筑技术的开发，该技术可能会在标准结构解决方案的一小部分中准备就绪。提出的技术是一种基于组件的施工系统，由预定义的模块化组件组成，具有嵌入式实用程序，可以根据最终用户的需求进行配置。结构组件旨在建造灵活的居民，商业和工业空间，并可以重新配置，添加，缩小，拆卸并根据需要更改而移动。核心元素可以组装成用于构建最终外壳组件的较大组件。每个组件都是根据标准化的1 x 1 x 1可重复网格设计的。该X-Y-Z轴网格建立了基础测量，该测量将使设计系统可以在三个轴上扩展。这种可重复的网格系统允许根据乘员的结构布局要求组装，拆卸和重新配置结构组件，从而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施工和维护成本，并利用了标准化的运输基础设施，减少了嵌入式碳以进行结构的运输和组装。拟议的施工方法提供了响应迅速和适应性的短期和长期结构解决方案。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响标准，被认为值得通过评估来获得支持。