Floating capsule homes: what the project needs beyond buoyancy
Floating capsules appear in supplier catalogues. What to ask about the assembly, access, water, wastewater and operation before studying a project.
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Housing and the future
36 homes with 3D-printed walls: the real Skovsporet case in Denmark
Skovsporet brings 36 student homes to Denmark. What is documented about construction, cost and use, and what developers can learn.
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Snoozebox London: a modular hotel alongside established event demand
Entrance to the Snoozebox hotel. Rod Allday · CC BY-SA 2.0 Compact accommodation does not need a remote landscape. London’s Snoozebox Olympic Park ill
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Six KODA homes near Zurich when the site shapes the project
Grande Dixence Alpine setting: context photograph, not the Albis KODA ensemble. Addvisor · CC BY-SA 4.0 A small group of prefabricated homes can invol
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citizenM Bowery: 300 rooms and a hybrid construction approach
citizenM Bowery hotel, New York. Kidfly182 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Modular manufacturing is also used in large urban buildings. New York’s citizenM Bowery show
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Māngere: 28 offsite manufactured homes for transitional housing
Auckland from above: urban context, not a photograph of the 28 homes. Planet Labs, Inc. · CC BY-SA 4.0 Industrialised construction can form part of a
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Rajo Inca workforce accommodation needs more than bedrooms
Chuquicamata mine, Chile: mining context, not Rajo Inca accommodation. Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 A mining workforce needs rest, hygiene, catering and
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Wheatstone: 500 modules to accommodate 2000 workers
Worker accommodation in the UK: context image, not Wheatstone. Hugh Venables · CC BY-SA 2.0 When a major project needs workers in a remote location, a
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Oosterwold: building a home can also mean building a neighbourhood
A real project in Almere links housing, urban agriculture and community. Lessons for planning a neighbourhood of compact homes.
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3.29 million resident days: ten years of modular accommodation in use
After ten years, a camp recorded 3.29 million resident days. Lessons on scale and temporary accommodation operations.
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