Modular auditorium and method for assembling a modular auditorium
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for reconfiguring building structures into public performance spaces often require extensive and costly modifications to ensure suitable aesthetics and audience satisfaction, particularly in terms of sightlines and comfort, and lack efficient methods for manufacturing and transporting prefabricated modules.
Innovation Solution
A modular auditorium system comprising prefabricated base and tier sections that are self-supporting, allowing for quick assembly and disassembly using lifting fixtures adapted to lifting machines, enabling easy transportation and configuration into public performance spaces without requiring lateral support from building structures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional building structures are reconfigured into public performance spaces, then aesthetic standards and audience satisfaction can be met, but extensive and costly modifications are required
Solution Approach 1:
The auditorium is divided into modular sections that can be independently manufactured and assembled. Each module contains pre-configured structural and aesthetic elements, allowing the overall structure to meet design standards without requiring extensive modification of the entire building at once.
Solution Approach 2:
Aesthetic and functional elements are pre-installed on modular sections during manufacturing before the modules are transported to the site. This preliminary configuration ensures that aesthetic standards and audience satisfaction requirements are met without requiring costly post-installation modifications.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional building structures are reconfigured, then public performance space functionality is achieved, but extensive modification time is required
Solution Approach 1:
The performance space is segmented into reusable modular units that can be quickly assembled and disassembled. This segmentation enables rapid reconfiguration for different events or venues without requiring extensive construction time.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular design allows the auditorium configuration to be dynamically adjusted by adding or removing sections based on specific performance requirements. This dynamic adaptability reduces reconfiguration time while maintaining full functionality for various public performance uses.
3Productivity
If self-supporting modular structure is used, then assembly speed is improved, but lifting and assembly equipment complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The modular sections are designed with self-supporting capabilities that allow them to be stabilized during assembly without requiring continuous external support structures. This self-service characteristic reduces the complexity of lifting equipment needed, as sections can be positioned and secured more independently.
Solution Approach 2:
Temporary support fixtures serve as intermediaries during the assembly process, providing brief stabilization while sections are being connected. These intermediary supports are simpler than permanent structural systems and can be quickly installed and removed, enabling faster assembly without requiring complex continuous support equipment.
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AI summary
A method for assembling a modular auditorium and modular auditorium. The method includes providing a plurality of nominal inventory portions. Each nominal inventory portions includes a prefabricated base portion, and a prefabricated tier section for assembly to the base portion. The prefabricated base portion is positioned on a ground surface of a public performance space. The prefabricated tier section is fastened to the prefabricated base portion to form a self supporting modular auditorium structure that does not require lateral support from a building structure other than the ground surface.