At the scale of the house, we have spent a great deal of time investigating the ways in which the various pieces of the house might assemble, disassemble, and transport cleanly and efficiently. One of the difficulties we faced was not going from the 'factory' to the job site, but building the house several times. To this end, we decided to investigate a series of standardized modules of our own design and construction. By designing an attachment system for the panels, which can be utilized for all the major joints in the building, the assembly becomes straightforward. To this wall/floor/roof assembly the individual components of panel and louver systems, interior and exterior respectively are added to customize to home.
This system of attachment relies not so much on the design of new pieces, but upon the implementation of existing off–the–shelf products in non-traditional use. This enables us to manufacture the pieces ourselves, rather than trying to outsource the parts. Because the systems are modular, the number of differing pieces can be reduced to a minimum and parts can be fabricated in a simple assembly line process. The material connection that we are proposing is being prototyped at full scale as of this writing.
