Transformable house
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional portable buildings have fixed shapes and spaces, limiting their efficient use in meeting diverse customer needs, particularly in terms of expandability and multi-story configurations.
Innovation Solution
A transformable house design featuring a stationary part and a movable part that can slide out along a determined distance, with a weight and width ratio equation (W1×D1=W2×D2) ensuring balanced movement, and supported by heavy-duty wheels and base parts for stability, allowing for easy expansion and multi-story stacking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional portable buildings use a fixed shape and space design, then manufacturing and installation are simple, but adaptability to diverse customer needs is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The portable building is divided into a stationary part and a movable part that can be independently positioned. The movable part includes first and second sub-sections that can be selectively extended, allowing the building to be segmented into functional zones while maintaining overall structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The building structure transitions from a fixed configuration to a dynamic one where the movable part can slide in and out of the stationary part along a guide rail. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the building to adapt to different spatial requirements while keeping the base structure simple.
2Volume of moving object
If the movable part is designed to extend beyond the stationary part, then space expansion is achieved, but structural stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The movable part is nested within the stationary part when retracted, and can be partially extended while remaining supported by the stationary structure. The guide rail system ensures the movable part stays aligned and supported during extension, maintaining stability while expanding usable space.
Solution Approach 2:
A guide rail acts as an intermediary element between the stationary part and the movable part, providing structural support and guidance during extension. This intermediary component enables space expansion while maintaining structural integrity through the rail's load-bearing capacity.
3Strength
If heavy-duty materials are used for wheels and base parts, then stability and load-bearing capacity improve, but weight and ease of movement deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Heavy-duty materials are applied locally only to critical load-bearing components such as the guide rail, wheels, and base parts, while other portions of the structure use lighter materials. This localized strengthening provides necessary load-bearing capacity without significantly increasing the overall weight of the building.
Data Source
AI summary
A transformable house comprises a stationary part and a movable part placed inside the stationary part and configured to move out of the stationary part along a first direction of the movable part by a first distance. The movable part includes a first sub section having a first width equal to the first distance and a second sub section having a second width that is the rest of a width of the movable part, the second sub section including a water tank. The first width and the second width are determined to meet the following equation: W1.times.D1=W2.times.D2, wherein W1, W2, D1, and D2 are the weight of the first sub section, the weight of the second sub section, the first width, and the second width, respectively.