Prefab prototypes : site-specific design for offsite construction /
Anderson, Mark
Prefab prototypes : site-specific design for offsite construction / Mark Anderson and Peter Anderson. - 263 p. : Col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : designing construction -- Panelized 2x4 -- CNC timber framing -- Concrete systems -- Steel framing -- Sandwich panels -- Modular systems -- Further experiments -- Afterword : reuse, recycle, prefabricate. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7.
"With Prefab Prototypes, the authors provide a thorough overview of the driving forces behind prefabrication, high-lighting ways in which applied logic and design efficiency result in lower costs, quicker construction time, higher-quality buildings, and environmentally smarter use of resources. The Andersons outline six different construction approaches common to current prefabrication practice - panelized 2x4, CNC timber framing, precast and panelized concrete systems, steel framing, sandwich panels, and modular systems - exploring potentials and appropriate applications for each, illustrated with real-world applications drawn from their projects in the U.S. and Japan. Using residential, commercial, and public examples, the case studies demonstrate that flexible prefabrication technologies, paired with imagination and a sensitivity to local conditions, are as applicable on the side of a cliff, on a remote island, or in the middle of an apple orchard as they are in the heart of downtown or in a dense suburban neighborhood."--BOOK JACKET.
1568985606 (alk. paper) 9781568985602
2006001193
Prefabricated houses--Design and construction
TH4819.P7 / A584 2006
690.837
Prefab prototypes : site-specific design for offsite construction / Mark Anderson and Peter Anderson. - 263 p. : Col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : designing construction -- Panelized 2x4 -- CNC timber framing -- Concrete systems -- Steel framing -- Sandwich panels -- Modular systems -- Further experiments -- Afterword : reuse, recycle, prefabricate. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7.
"With Prefab Prototypes, the authors provide a thorough overview of the driving forces behind prefabrication, high-lighting ways in which applied logic and design efficiency result in lower costs, quicker construction time, higher-quality buildings, and environmentally smarter use of resources. The Andersons outline six different construction approaches common to current prefabrication practice - panelized 2x4, CNC timber framing, precast and panelized concrete systems, steel framing, sandwich panels, and modular systems - exploring potentials and appropriate applications for each, illustrated with real-world applications drawn from their projects in the U.S. and Japan. Using residential, commercial, and public examples, the case studies demonstrate that flexible prefabrication technologies, paired with imagination and a sensitivity to local conditions, are as applicable on the side of a cliff, on a remote island, or in the middle of an apple orchard as they are in the heart of downtown or in a dense suburban neighborhood."--BOOK JACKET.
1568985606 (alk. paper) 9781568985602
2006001193
Prefabricated houses--Design and construction
TH4819.P7 / A584 2006
690.837