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ELEMENTS: 6.3 MODULES ta fase ca ty te “feta, 172 [At Rice University, Duncan and McMurry Cotege bulking in 2008, Kulman delivered 178 resicential dormitory bathroom pods fortwo sic story 120,000, SF structures, The bathrooms inclated an outer shall conatucted of glass fer reinforced plas tic (GFRP) and wore connected to an outer stes frame, The modules are 6 ft 8 including integral ‘wal-hung plumbing fitures, wall fixtures, and ishes, The modules wore delivered onsite, hoisted, ‘and set into place. The tnal plumbing and electicl ‘connection wera then made. Pods may be hoisted Into an opering inthe side of the buiding before relosute fo put on, which e the proferred metho Cor through the top 8 floors are being erected. The dovmside to the ltr is that ecordnaton is nec: ‘essary to have modules onsite at diferent tes within the interval of placing floors. The pods can be roiled into place with a rll, simlar to those used in mechanic shops to ease cars or for ware house applications. Simpler methods are to use air casters on each corner of tho module once it 's crane into the building, A casters are quickly replacing rales as the prefered method of trans: porting heavy equipment short stances by hand. Using hover technology, ar castors can hold from 500 to 10,000 lbs making maneuvering of service ods rately easy Linbeck Construction, the contractor cn the Rice LUniersty pee. commissioned Kulman 10 fab cate the pods in an efert to redure onsite const tion cost and overall constuction time. Thelathroom ‘pod approach, cording to Kuan, saved te po ‘ect 50 percent over conventional constuction on the bathroom scope. Because construction took piace fste, the pods eliminated corsincton waste as ‘wel traf to-and tem the ste by subcontractors, both of which are carmion with dead work of var ELEMENTS, ‘0s trades invlved in bathroom trishing. Ai Teas, (CEO at Kulman stats, “ypicaly, canientoraly constructed battrooms ate one cof he mest inefcert components ofa projec ing he anstruatin phase ofa new muliamy-1ypebuldn. Tiss usualy the result of up to 10 olen trades ‘red to work carseat in sucha confined ara." Modula ie growing industry making largor dents teach year into the bulding market. Tom Hardman ‘ofthe Mod\ar Bulding Instituto indicates that ths largest srea of growth ching 2008 for the modu: lar industy was In the government projects sec: tor inclung the Amy Corns. of Engneers, mary housing, and administration buildings. The educa tion matket is also progressing with schools thet have useo portable casroome locking to loverage macular to buid entre schools perranenty. The ‘advantage to mockdar for schools is that projects need not requie tractional bonding. Therefore, school acminstrators can sanction build-out from lscretionary funds just as ey would a portable classroom. University and community collage cam uses are ao looking at modula prefabrcation 2s an option for tomporary 0: fast construction pr fects on their campuses. The author has been in ‘umerous mastings whore temporary research and fofice space nas been the point of discussion by upper acrrinistration trying to determine hovr to ouse students arn fay arty ad uc: Heath-care markets are also benefting tom ‘modular, bt in smal percentage. The advantages > anr625 atm este fun ten en ae ana deh nya onc um a ‘Sarwan ee eh esd, 6.9 MopuULES 474 ‘a that tacties may be erected in rural regions to meet the needs of those who canoot acooss ‘health car. Modules may bo fod outwit equi ‘ment and furishings prepared to open upon set ting. Other bulking types include restaurants snc uick-servoe al change stations. Modular makes sense for corporations that buld small commercial ‘lings because their mission Is branding and fal bulsngs need to lok the same across each community 6.4 ISBU Shipping Container In the arly 1980s, regional businessmen and truck: ing companes in the South began to davelop in roiative sotsions to mako shipping more ecient through compartments that were standardized. In 1955, Malooim MeLean, a trucking entrapreneur, stucied those earl ellos at cortaineization anc ‘began planing his awn feet of container ships to increase prodvetniy in fis famiy owned McLean “Tcking Company. By 1956, McL.san sold nis tuck: lng compary to form the Pan-Atlantic Stearstio Corporation, later renamed SeaLand, 3 company ‘erseates to contanerzed shiping. By 1870, he International Standards for Organization ($0) con- tain design was introduced, “The 80 intermodal shipping container revolutionized the international shiping wade near 50 years ago “Toxay, 80 percent cf ak nonbuk cargos transported by ahi, ra, oF tuck wa the intermdacontaner. "Wit the proferation af shipping containers around the globo, an excoes of consis in some regions ‘sinevicole. This ternational rade defiet has mace ‘unused sipping containers potential useable ar ‘hitactural apoeations, As mary as 125,000 aban ‘doned containers curerty cog Brits Pos anc ELEMENTS: ary 700,00 in tho Unites States exist due to our fenormous import industry. Throughout the sr ‘hoping contains are used and are eniionod to ‘uf th oe of erate ‘iso known as 'SBU, oF Interational Standara 'Bullng Unis. shipping containers are ideal for pre fabrication architecture because they are able to be raged on to arent modes of tanspert with th ‘unique stackable chassis, Because the containers ‘are coretruced to transport a wide vaity of goods salty bulk quant, their enginaaring makes them suitable {0 almost ary bul environment conditon. ‘Ade to be sachin beivoan © and 16 tories 085 ly vithout adationa reinforcement, container ar Citectue wit meet mast bulding codes with ito moditeation. Containers are fabricated withthe folowing specications: * Cerner fins for connections ‘Comer pests for stustual support of indica nits “Bottom sie rae ‘Top side ras ‘Bottom ond ral and decrsit ‘Front top nd ral and door hasder «Phyo plan oe ‘Frontend wall * Bottom cross merbors + Foo panel (corugated) + Side panels omupatech Doors 6.4 ISBU SHIPPING CONTAINER Containers are consincted of 14-quaye (075 {in} corrugated COR-TEN sheet stool. COR-TEN, is used fer its tural conosion resistance, taking ‘weathering wel. The numberof conugatons it the sheet metal varies widely on skal sized contain {5 These panels are welded to the main strctur, Which s a 7-quage 18) tubular steel ae so {abnicated in COR-TEN. The top, bottom, sie, and fa ras are fted with ISO standardized cast steal former tings at at eght comnars of the module ‘and are able to withstand a 1,530,000 erica! toad. Each unit anc is tooe stuetre are bul to hold 65,000 os of weight when stacked upto savon “units tol without see braeng. Hoo! panes may De supported by root bows depending onthe use ‘lthe container and support for stacking fem tame ‘nd coenerftings. The teleances on ISBUS 8 3 ferrerkable 3 milimeters, I addition, progressive 15 ‘Collapse is mitigated because each unt is struct: aly sound. Contsvers can bo obtained at the cost of'$1.00 uses ‘rd $4,000 new. The actual pce contingent upen Fedora lccaton. cure intmnatonal rade agre ents cost of ol cost of raw materia fo make the ‘ontanes.andsupply are erand eecnomy or con tainrs,Slandar sizes of containers ae 8 feat wid vith vations n height at 8, 8-6, anc 8 RS, ‘Contains come in stareard 20- and 40+ gts. General urpose containers can ince some optins in acon to dimensional adapiaons, cringe -endsoors, cling doors, sie wal doors. ancapen ‘es. Bofoo cbtang cantare for architects. an ‘nspecion sree to ensue cracks, beaks, tars, us, punctures, or corascn in comer fing and ‘ewalonts aro not stuctrly unsafe wae east a0 176 {thal ofits benefits of rans, structural bostnass and reuse dsassombiy capacies there ore some dlsadvantages. ISBU requring a manipulation ‘of the standard module is gong to be breached, ‘cing ts structural capacty. The mest eflecino vse ofthe container rma cost, aber, and sical pet ‘Spctive i fo keep the unit intact This ret vee haweves most bulking applications. The Bt mod- Ue as its the exit of the system. The COR ‘TEN ste! must be nsated to avoid thermal transfor in both summer ard wintor: Methods suchas firing ‘ut on the inter, adding an exteror insulation sn, (riety Ue GOR-TEN wih a coraie-baped ins Tating coating developed by the aerospace incu fare methods tha! have been employed. Inadion to thermal esstance, soundprooting must ‘so be corsidered, Because the units do rt tcuch ‘rect, but at points, fering a physical separation ‘by which sound more easly dampened this sess ‘tan issue. However, steals an ideal conductive medium for sound and futher attenuation ‘soften ‘necessary between adjacent units. Space for sence Gsirbuton ie mites. Especially rearing wasteva- ter ping, there isnot space between stacked unis to un large-volume plumbing. A slton is %9 ro ‘ie “seroe” containers that when stacked acta ‘tical and horizontal sibs modes anc tty rooms, Freprooing § somewhet of an issue, but can be mona touch care planning and suppres: sent measure. Containers are loaded and unicaed witha frit, beeroat, or rof-of truck bed. A compact tuck ‘mounted cane ora boom ruck is the prefered de fvory method uneacing and stackn sma-sole puiking projects. Trucks can dover 2 40-* or two ‘2otvong cortaeers at one time. Delivery feos in ELEMENTS: crease for 40-N containers. Ste work, including foundation preparation, must be competed, and ‘any additonal structural supports must be 7 pleco before unloading and glacina the containers. For 3 20 centaner, 0 Mo sgh ceerarce i required: and fora 40st centarer, 100 of erence. Vertical Cearence requirements Include 14 ft overiead for roads, an 20 over the davry ste for aone story structure, The speed of erection is attractive as it Tits the amour. of ibor onsite and tho chance for iru Inierest in stoping contsinor for arhitectire has ‘gronmin overt years, Arcatect Wes Jones of Jones Pariners Archiectue has baon proposing the con ‘version of shipping containers tohousng since 1986. His pienaerng work pated to many of he problems and potentials of using ths standard unt inousing Issues of se leing, nesting, copebilty for compact transport, primary arc socondary structural systems, rmevkeing, cultural identity, and so forth. Since is tire, many protolype experiments have been dove ‘ped such asthe panoerng work in London caled ‘Container Cy at Try Byou Vert in the Docklands in 2000, Container ity snow atrademeronned by Urban Space Menagement Li. nd has bul per 20 proecsin the Unted Kingdom. Today, Shippin Containers are not an entiely experimental bu ing unt, but a vale option to make arciterte. Two examples show the possbiies of auch 268 ccaon on 8 ge Scat, Indu the “Keedwonen temporary comity 19 Amsterdam, Nethedands. esgned by Niclas Lacey and Partners, and the UK "Taveledge" Hotal projets using a unay? ‘Vous Systems, an ISBU dealer, engnesred by Baro ‘Happold Engneers, Lass comman in the United ‘States, an exarple of ISBU by Hyorid Acatects I ‘Sete willbe presanted in Chapter. 6.4 ISBU SHIPPING CONTAINER eetwonan trp Puig ster dr ‘oy Arata Conmssored by Spar Wooing De Key in 208, Det wae todd tsa oh a yoo whe Br was bog bated fra hse wo, Dead Areca :AM ard tat ty Techy 4 poverty and secon hv psu too cater rt 2018 The toc cra 00a fhe sts tat Ens unt fe 8 pate bey atvoom. anon Tw sopra ses fate, cue ofcn sar, ana eror aea wah ad fo Boarder the eters Kootonen has tg a op Pratilwovuae ate uns soummana a fort inva dorape an pone route the artoer ana Tnpohanr pod Une shee contanertaotome ments inch wno ten range to ane Cho ety arta to Tomonang sane Te ld aco Wo en shop Patan scores. 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