Prefabrication

Off-site manufacture of building components saves both time and costs. While this frequently led to industrialised uniformity before, it now allows development of a diversity of individual solutions. Indeed, hardly any alternatives to prefabrication exist, particularly for realisation of complex computer-generated designs. The scope of prefabrication and material processing methods available is illustrated by the project examples presented, which include a sports training centre with a sophisticated  concrete folded plate structure, a hotel with fully prefabricated room modules, an exhibition pavilion composed of load-bearing plastic shells or a concert hall with a façade made of amorphous wooden elements . The project documentations are supplemented by informative contributions written by individuals involved in the construction projects, and specialised articles present the current options available for prefabrication using wood and concrete.

DETAIL 6/2012 - Prefabrication

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