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Modular Learning Environment
spring 2011 to fall 2011 (collaborative student desing project)
The design for sustainable, temporary, reusable, and affordable classrooms was conducted in three phases. First, an open design charette used to develop broad ideas. Second, a semester long class used for collaboration on a single design scheme with several students. And finally, it was an individual effort in which I developed details and a final design.
As an offsite built building, the manufacturing process is envisioned to be separated into two primary activities: the fabrication of a base structural system constant in all applications, and the fabrication of an array of auxiliary features that are available for inclusion based on the needs of each client.
The base structural system (columns, floor and roof SIP components), using highway transportation size requirements for the controlling dimensions, acts as the canvas for resource components to be plugged in wherever they are deemed necessary.
Because the building’s structure and its resources are segregated, the structure can stand independently, thereby making it possible for its resources to be replaced, upgraded and reinvented over time. Ultimately, the overall flexibility of the system is dependent on the library of components available. Click image below to enlarge.
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