Burst~*008 Museum Of Modern Art

摘要

BURST~* is a prefabricated housing system that functions like a kit of parts to produce homes that use small building pieces to achieve individually tailored spaces, allowing the architectural shape of each house to conform to the specifics of distinct project constraints. An alternative to mass-produced versions of domestic life that reduce prefab houses to differing arrangements of boxes, each BURST~* system offers the potential of creating unique spaces and forms based on environment, site, orientation and the needs of the owners. This is achieved using generative technologies to expand the range of architectural forms for domestic and inexpensive construction.rnThe structure and environmental mechanics of the BURST~* houses were designed in collaboration with the New York office of Buro Happold Consulting Engineers. BURST~* is an adaptable design process which responds to various sites, climates, owners and programmes. The flexibility of BURST~* comes from literally weaving two sections together - the natural ground plane and an artificial, manipulated plane. The two planes travel vertically and horizontally to comprise the ground, the floor and the walls. The system uses only passive means to maintain temperature comfort levels; depending on the specific conditions for an individual house, the weave can open, close and reshape in order to allow in or keep out warming sun and cooling breezes. This environmental weave is reflected in the tension structure of the plywood ribs and structural insulated panel (SIP) skin. Similar to a kite or an aeroplane wing, the tension structure's high strength and lightness combine precisely for a project with a less than 5 per cent waste factor. The bulk of the construction process is achieved digitally, during which the geometry of the house and the individual pieces - structural ribs, walls, floors - are resolved, then precisely cut and numbered before BURST~* INC on to the site.