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Monitoring the resident’s needs: input for the pre-construction stage of rehabilitation projects

Przegląd Naukowy Inżynieria i Kształtowanie Środowiska, 2019
The task of maintaining Polish prefabricated housing stock is a challenge due to its scale. These assets are still nearly 50% of the multi-family houses in use. They are in good technical condition. To define the objectives and scope of improvements, the
Anna Ostańska
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Advancements and Applications of Wood-Based Sandwich Panels in Modern Construction

Buildings
Wood sandwich panels are widely utilized in residential, commercial, and industrial settings due to their excellent thermal insulation characteristics, ease of installation, and high strength-to-weight ratio.
Elena Vladimirova, Meng Gong
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The Angirraq: Low Cost Prefabrication in Arctic Houses

ARCTIC, 1966
Production models of the Angirraq hut, developed for the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Ottawa, can be built for $4.00/sq ft, complete except for services. Basic stressed skin panels (fir plywood) with full thick glass fiber insulation packed in the closed panels and cedar plywood exterior are combined with open-joints to form ...
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The Impact of Phase Change Materials on Electricity Consumption in Prefabricated Temporary Houses

Energy Science & Engineering
Following disasters, sheltering displaced populations becomes an immediate and critical concern. Prefabricated temporary housing (PTH) is a widely adopted solution due to its rapid deployment, ease of transportation, and swift assembly.
Fatih Selim Bayraktar, Ramazan Köse
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Temporary city between emergency and recovery

Agathón, 2018
The housing emergency resulting from earthquakes or other natural disasters generally finds an initial response in temporary structures such as prefabricated houses and/or containers.
Roberto Ruggiero
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Optimization study of thermal defects in prefabricated rural residential buildings based on Fluent

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
To promote the modernization of rural residential buildings in Xinjiang and address the thermal bridge issues present in prefabricated rural housing, this study focuses on an existing prefabricated rural residence in Shihezi City, Xinjiang.
Qian Yang, Xiaodan Wu, Jie Li, Mingkang Wang   +3 more
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Garish Luxury and the “Constructed Landscape”: Transcending the Colour of Opals in the Griffins’ Capitol Theatre

Arts, 2018
Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin synthesized a modern crystallized interior within their Capitol Theatre design (1920–24) in Melbourne.
Annette Condello
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Architectural workshop Jelovica 2010/2011 [PDF]

AR: Arhitektura, Raziskave, 2012
In the academic year 2011/2012, students at the Faculty of Architecture with their mentor Tomaž Krušec conducted the Jelovica Architectural Workshop 2010/2011.
Tomaž Krušec
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FEATURES OF PREFABRICATED HOUSING CONSTRUCTION

Modern Technologies and Scientific and Technological Progress
The article examines the features of prefabricated housing construction using a beamless ...
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Research on Optimal Design of Rural Residence Envelope of EPS Module Based on Phase Change Heat Storage

Buildings
EPS module buildings are prefabricated, low-rise systems with high thermal insulation that are widely used in rural self-built houses in northern China, yet their indoor thermal environments often suffer from instability.
Kunpeng Wang, Chuan Chen, Liyao Kong, Qianmiao Yang   +3 more
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