Open Source Building — Reinventing Places of Living

Larson, Kent; Intille, Stephen; McLeish, Thomas John; Beaudin, Jennifer; Williams, Reid E.

doi:10.1023/b:bttj.0000047598.66712.e0

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“…Such modularity and interoperability require industry agreement on standards related to data, electronics, software, and physical component connections [21] and are challenging to achieve at scale and across a range of industry sectors. Yet for large client groups such as education departments, there is the opportunity to consider such modular and interchangeable componentry as fundamental criteria within their performance specifications for projects.…”

Section: New Horizons For Open Building Implementationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Plug n Play: Future Prefab for Smart Green Schools

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While relocatable, prefabricated learning environments have formed an important component of school infrastructure in Australia, prefabrication for permanent school buildings is a new and emerging field. This review of prefabrication for schools is timely. In 2017, Australia's two largest state education departments committed to prefabrication programs for permanent school infrastructure. In this paper we examine the recent history of prefabrication for Australian school buildings in the context of prefabrication internationally. We explore the range of prefabrication methods used locally and internationally and introduce evaluation indicators for school infrastructure. Traditional post-occupancy evaluation (POE) tools measure indicators such as indoor environment quality (IEQ), cost benefit, life cycle performance, and speed of delivery. In response to a shift towards more student-centred learning in a digitally rich environment, recently developed POE tools now investigate the ability of new generation learning environments (NGLEs) to support optimum pedagogical encounters. We conclude with an argument for departments of education to consider how prefabrication provides opportunities for step changes in the delivery, life-cycle management and occupation of smart green schools rather than a program of simply building new schools quicker, better, and cheaper.

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Section: New Horizons For Open Building Implementationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Widely known online companies are now able to target the specific preferences of individual customers and gain competitive advantage though personalized relationships that can enhance user experience. Related research such as the 'Open Source Housing' (Larson et al 2004) or the 'Wiki House' project promise to further advance housing innovation through incorporation of open source principles and technology throughout the dwelling's life cycle, including crowd sourced design, distributed manufacturing, and personalised co-creation of self-help modifications during occupancy. Pervasive computing, also known as ubiquitous computing, refers to the vision of physical environments saturated with computing capabilities that could be gracefully integrated to everyday routines (Satyanarayanan 2001).…”

Section: Pervasive Computingmentioning

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ZEMCH: Toward the Delivery of Zero Energy Mass Custom Homes

Noguchi¹

2016

Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering

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“…Services for supply and mobility For example, furniture systems have been equipped with sensors and particularly aim at service adoption in categories 4 and 6. A basis for services on the other categories can be provided by integrated micro system technology and a data platform (Larson, et al, 2004;Linner, et al, 2011). With the assistance of micro system technology and data platforms, the efficiency of the provision of these services can be enhanced enormously.…”

Section: Importance Of Service Design For Future Housingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evolution of large‐scale industrialisation and service innovation in Japanese prefabrication industry

Linner

Böck

2012

Construction Innovation

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Purpose-The Japanese prefabrication industry not only has automated its processes to a high extent, but it also innovates due to the fact that it delivers buildings of outstanding quality accompanied by a multitude of services. In order to explore and specify the concepts and parameters that have driven this industry, Japan's prefabrication industry, its cultural, economic and technological surrounding, as well as the applied processes, technologies and economic strategies, have to be illustrated and analyzed. The proposed research aim was to identify, describe and analyse these concepts and their related parameters, as well as to recognize the most influential drivers for the future, that provide an indication into which direction the industry could evolve. Research Methodology-Being aware that literature does not provide relevant information and data, which would allow the authors to explore concepts and parameters explaining the success of the Japanese prefabrication industry, the authors performed field surveys, visited factories, R&D centres and sales points of all major Japanese prefabrication companies. In some cases authors also interviewed general managers, researchers and developers, and academicians at Japanese universities. Based on an extensive literature review in the area of product development, production technology, modularisation, mass customisation, and innovation, the authors qualitatively and quantitatively analysed all major prefabrication companies according to a fixed scheme. Findings-The concepts and parameters identified and analyzed in this paper, demonstrate that the Japanese prefabrication industry, which is leading in large-scale industrialization, nowadays focuses towards services that are related to the building's utilization phase, rather than delivering products. By involving customers it enhances the companies' customer relations, creating thus competitive advantages. Originality/ value-Overall the paper shows that Japanese prefabrication industry rather acts like a "production industry" than a "construction industry". Similar to many other high-tech industries, Japan's prefabrication industry incorporates latest product and process technologies and combines automation, products and services into complex value-capturing systems.

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Open Source Building — Reinventing Places of Living

Cited by 18 publications

References 2 publications

Plug n Play: Future Prefab for Smart Green Schools

Plug n Play: Future Prefab for Smart Green Schools

ZEMCH: Toward the Delivery of Zero Energy Mass Custom Homes

Evolution of large‐scale industrialisation and service innovation in Japanese prefabrication industry

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