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Modular Housing

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The world's growing urban population has created a pressing need for more residential buildings. To address this challenge, this project has leveraged the power of combinatorics and fabrication-aware digital timber to create modular housing. The project proposes liveable units using discrete elements which are combined to form single houses. A constraint-based solver was then used to aggregate the single houses, creating multi-level habitats. Additionally, 3D graphic statics were used to form-find a stable column design, which was then materialised. To achieve custom bespoke joinery for the nodes, we used robotic additive manufacturing and tested various slicing techniques in order to save time and resources. Our innovative approach to modular housing has the potential to provide sustainable and affordable housing solutions for communities around the world.

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Spatial Tileset

Spatial Tileset

Spatial Tileset forming 1 and 2 Bed Optimal Aggregation Units

Spatial Tileset forming 1 and 2 Bed Optimal Aggregation Units

The unit is replaced by a mesh box; single-level units are stacked to form duplexes.

The overall evaluation score is calculated for each aggregation by adding the individual tile scores and normalising them by the number of units.

The aggregation outputs are kept small to medium, but the algorithm allows for scaling the solution space and tile sizes to any desirable dimension.

The workflow allows for the quick exploration of multiple aggregations.

The workflow allows for the quick exploration of multiple aggregations.

Structure Form Finding

Structure Form Finding

Evolution from Bounding Boxes to Detailed Units

Evolution from Bounding Boxes to Detailed Units

Fabrication Workflow and Prototyping of Joinery Nodes

Fabrication Workflow and Prototyping of Joinery Nodes

Computational Fabrication: Robotic Assembly

Computational Fabrication: Robotic Assembly

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