...this exercise challenge your teamworks collaboration for two weeks to apply your understanding from precedent studies into PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS on certain aspects of the design including site planning, building construction and materials, building and energy use and compliance to Uniform Building By-Laws
TRANSIENT LODGE
Design a modular prefabricated solution
TRANSIENT LODGE REQUIREMENTS
SITE SETTING - 6m x 9m platform within a platform of protoype design for Building & Construction Technology (BC) hub;
BUILT UP AREA - 33 m.sq.
CAPRET AREA - 30 m.sq.
CAPACITY - maximum for 2 people (applied both for single & double unit); faciliites may include bed / sofa bed / changing & lavatory.
BUILDING TYPOLOGY - a modular single storey travellers lodge for retreat for a SINGLE UNIT and flexible for a REPETITIVE UNIT design for both vertical & horizontal arrays;
CONSTRUCTION - main structure using prefabricated STEEL with LIGHTWEIGHT building envelope including GLASS.
CONSTRUCTION METHOD - Industrialised building system (IBS) for full VOLUMETRIC IBS and/or IBS COMPONENTS and/or combined prefabricated method.