industrialized
Customization in Architecture
Short description
The significance of industrialized production is gaining momentum
originating from the level of materials, parts and pieces culminating
in the final assembly of whole structures and buildings. From the
1990ies on, modern manufacturing technologies allow to customize the
production of buildings and its components in order to respond to
esthetic demands of a unique architectural design: the former schism
between rationalized mass production and individual character of
buildings has been overcome. As soon as the customer has designed his
dream house using VR technologies the Toyota production system
manufactures just in time and in sequence the necessary sub modules of
the house. Even though each house is automatically produced, it has its
own characteristic design. Industrially produced houses are affordable,
customized and rapidly available. By applying modern manufacturing
technologies we can improve the efficiency of resources to achieve a
sustainable economy. Major Japanese house makers have already
introduced zero waste concepts in housing
Content
Prefabrication of linear, 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional products and elements.
Industrialized manufacturing for the production of steel frames space frames, wood and timber frames and space frames, precast concrete columns, beams, girders, elements and spatial units, masonry wall, floor and roof elements
Basics of flexible manufacturing systemsAssembly process and rapid joining systems for on-site construction
Systematic and prefabricated installation systemsØ-Waste-factories
Systematic disassembly: reverse logistics, re-customization
