Advances in Wood Housing

Can fabrication methods increase the productivity and assist the labor workforce, to build more efficiently?

History of Industrialized Housing

A brief history of housing demands on industry and individuals that have yielded innovative results.

Three types of methods commonly accepted in wood housing construction are: A] SIP Panels B] Platform Framing C] Glulam Framing.

Platform Framing is the most commonly used construction system for wood housing.

 

Platform Framing utilizes a large amount of demand of labor by constraints carried out in the methods of assembly.

Prior Study of Housing Tectonics

 

A node [red dot] represents a connectivity for valence. A connection [dashed lines] which extends is also a measure of valence. The red dot is depicting the centers, edges, corners,, and is dependent on various points as connecting nodes.

The corner conditions along with the extended connections make a volume. This volume yields a stable structural module and provides a continued entry point as a node for a new module. The node [red dot] should be able to adapt to angles in connections [dashed lines], where the node [red dot] logic allows for vertical, horizontal, and angled connections [dashed lines] to form a volumetric module.

A typical structural element of a beam or column can also be interpreted as a shell where the faces that compose a module are acting as the horizontal, vertical, and angled parts.

Geometric models express the application of these rules for simple edge rotation of nodes and connections in their horizontal, vertical, and angular conditions.

Space Frames and 3D Volumetric Models

model and study

In plane connections and fabrication study of joinery

creating modules in plane

Transitioning a module into a network of nodes as connections

node transition

Transitioning a fabrication logic into nodes that connect in plane

Learning from Existing Case Studies

CASE STUDY MATRIX

State of the Art Matrix

HYBRID JOINERIES

Evaluation of Hybrid Joinery Conditions

CASE STUDY BLOCK HOUSE

Learning from Existing Case Studies: Block House Cassette assembled partitions w/ access

 

WIKI HOUSE CASE STUDY

PROTOTYPE WIKI

Learning from Existing Case Studies: Wiki House A] Roof Node B] Wall Node C] Floor Node

CASE STUDY WIKKEL HOUSE

Learning from Existing Case Studies: Wikkel House – Creating Modular Planes

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Learning from IBC Code: Minimum Spans for Modules Based on Material Sizing

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Learning from IBC Code: Maximum Spans for Modules Based on Material Sizing

 

3-Axis CNC Fabrication

FINAL RESULTED FABRICATION

blockingSIDELOCKS

Simulated CNC Process: A] Engraving B] Pocketing C] Profiling

Joints for Plywood

SEQUENCE OF ASSEMBLY

FLOOR MODULE ASSEMBLY

Sequence of Module Assembly

floor assemblywall moduleroof wall moduleroof assembly

Assembly sequence of Module Types: Floor, Wall, Roof

MIDTERM OPENING PAGE

Results of Full Scale Fabrication A] Overlapping Planes B] Insulation Cavity C] Envelope D] Extension for Modules E] Habitable Space F] Locking Blocking

FINAL TECTONIC RESULTS

Tectonic Results from Final Fabrication Model

SEQUENCE OF ASSEMBLY

Sequence of Assembly

section drawings

section call out

Section Drawings with Details
Advancing Wood Housing Tectonics is a project of IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia developed in the Advanced Manufacturing Thesis studio, 2021/2022 by Student Rigoberto Moreno and Faculty Vincent Huyghe and Gabriele Jureviciute