Prefabricated Systems (eBook)

Principles of Construction

Ulrich Knaack, Sharon Chung-Klatte, Reinhard Hasselbach (Autoren)

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2012
133 Seiten
Birkhäuser (Verlag)
9783034611404 (ISBN)

Infos

This book provides an overview of prefabricated systems in housing, office, and industrial buildings. It explains the processes of modular construction and the behavior of materials with this approach. Many drawings show the principles of modular construction, while built examples forge a link to building practice.

Sharon Chung-Klatte, Akademie van Bouwkunst Maastricht; Reinhard Hasselbach, architect in Berlin; Ulrich Knaack, TU Delft. 

Autoren

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Sharon Chung-Klatte, Akademie van Bouwkunst Maastricht; Reinhard Hasselbach, Architekt in Berlin; Ulrich Knaack, TU Delft.

Sharon Chung-Klatte, Akademie van Bouwkunst Maastricht; Reinhard Hasselbach,architect in Berlin; Ulrich Knaack, TU Delft.

Inhalt

1 Introduction 7
Terminology 7
Building systems and prefabrication 8
Housing and industrial building 10
Objectives 11
Book organisation 12
2 History of Building Systems 13
Early systems 13
The Mongolian Yurt 13
The tatami mat in Japan 14
Industrial Revolution and Machine Age 15
Mass production: from automobiles to architecture 15
Milestones in building systems 17
American Dream and housing boom 17
Progress in Europe 17
German developments 18
British developments 24
Case Study Houses 28
The pioneers of prefab 30
Jean Prouvé 31
Richard Buckminster Fuller 32
Konrad Wachsmann 33
Fritz Haller 34
Alison and Peter Smithson 35
Paul Rudolph 36
3 Systems in Housing 37
Construction types 38
Light-frame construction 38
Slab construction 40
Post-and-beam construction 42
On-site building and prefabrication 44
On-site building 44
Prefabrication 46
Flat-pack 47
Modular building 48
Culture and the issue of design 50
USA 50
The Netherlands 53
Japan 54
Great Britain 57
Austria 59
4 Systems in Industrial Buildings 61
Ultra-lightweight 61
Tent systems 62
Modular systems 64
Container systems 65
Flexible modular systems 68
Steel skeleton construction 70
Midi system 70
Mixed concrete-steel skeleton construction 74
Concrete skeleton construction 77
Platform systems 79
Industrial buildings using precast concrete units 82
Market share for system-built buildings 83
5 Processes 85
The example of the automobile industry 85
Lean Production 86
System processes 87
Design 88
Design systems 88
Construction systems 88
Computer-aided design systems 89
Construction process 90
On-site construction 91
Prefabrication 92
Logistics 94
Installation on site 94
Lean production for modular construction 96
Lean production for component construction 96
Advantages and problems of systemised processes 97
6 The Components: Systems, Modules and Elements 98
Systems and subsystems 98
Classification by levels of construction 100
Classification by construction trades 102
Degree of prefabrication of the construction 105
Connections 111
7 Future of Building Systems 115
System building industry 115
Architect vs. system building 116
CAD and CAM 118
Digital Age 118
Sustainable building and intelligent design 120
Development potential of system building 124
Appendix 125
Selected Bibliography 125
Authors 129
Index 130
Illustration Credits 133

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.12.2012
• Zusatzinfo: 154 b/w ill.
• Verlagsort: Basel/Berlin/Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: Building Systems • components • Prefab • Prefabrication
• ISBN-13: 9783034611404 / 9783034611404