Modular Multi-Dwelling Structure with Tensile Membrane
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current temporary housing solutions are inadequate for large-scale, short-time housing needs due to their cost, scalability issues, environmental impact, and lack of comfort, as they are often basic, sprawling, and difficult to dismantle or remove.
Innovation Solution
A modular multi-dwelling structure composed of a frame covered by a tensile fabric membrane, incorporating prefabricated living units that can be secured together, stacked, and customized with amenities, using cross-laminated timber for environmental sustainability and quick assembly, with centralized heating and cooling, and integrated infrastructure for self-sufficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If tent cities or trailer parks are used for temporary housing, then housing can be provided quickly, but the structures are basic, impersonal, and difficult to dismantle or remove
Solution Approach 1:
The housing structure is divided into modular units that can be independently assembled and disassembled. Each module contains complete living facilities, allowing the overall structure to be segmented for easy transportation and reconfiguration while maintaining quick deployment capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The structure employs dynamic assembly mechanisms that allow rapid configuration during deployment and equally rapid disassembly for removal. The modular design enables the housing to transition between assembled and disassembled states efficiently, addressing both quick deployment and ease of dismantling requirements.
2Quantity of substance
If sprawling temporary housing setups are created to house large numbers of people, then housing capacity is increased, but the structures occupy large expanses of land and have limited infrastructure
Solution Approach 1:
The modular housing units are designed to be stacked vertically rather than arranged only horizontally. This three-dimensional configuration increases housing capacity by utilizing vertical space, thereby reducing the land footprint required to accommodate large numbers of people while maintaining complete infrastructure within each module.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple housing modules can be nested or stacked within each other, creating a compact configuration that maximizes housing capacity within a minimized land area. The nested arrangement allows complete infrastructure to be contained within the compact structure.
3Duration of action of stationary object
If permanent construction methods are used, then housing durability is improved, but construction is costly and takes years with limited scalability
Solution Approach 1:
Housing modules are pre-assembled and pre-equipped with complete infrastructure facilities before being transported to the final location. This preliminary preparation significantly reduces on-site construction time and costs while maintaining durability, as modules are manufactured under controlled conditions with quality assurance.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention employs modern manufacturing parameters and materials that allow modules to be produced rapidly with factory precision, then assembled on-site through simplified connection mechanisms. This changes the construction parameter from traditional slow on-site building to fast module assembly, achieving both durability and high productivity.
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AI summary
A structure which includes a frame and a membrane covering the frame to define an interior space, the interior space housing one or more building structures. The building structures are primarily intended for temporary residential purposes but can be configured for communal, recreational, office, medical services, storage or other purposes.