TECHNOLOGY

Modular Standardization

The use of ‘room’ as a modular building block is not difficult to understand in terms of standardization of major building components in any large scale housing development project. The basic principle of minimizing construction waste at the design level is achieved without doubt... Careful manipulation of spaces results in a variety of internal spatial configurations. Monotonous character has been dissolved and varieties generated while allowing the use of standardized components.

Mass Customization of Spaces

The generated complex spatial configurations and elevations result in more complicated design and construction process. Each floor and each room thus require additional efforts and attentions from the initial design stages to the management of construction works. Although repetitious design of units and buildings has often been argued as a sound practice in terms of efficiency and economy while generating less construction waste, it shall not limit the possibilities of how we design the environment for ourselves the construction possibilities. Mass customization of spaces and building forms in the context of standardization and waste management become a new challenge. New challenges however demand and encourage the industry’s innovation and ability to move forward.