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Is modular construction the future of buildings?

We live in a world surrounded by homes, shopping centers, and office buildings built to withstand the test of time, but there’s a problem with this focus on permanence.

In our dynamic and ever-changing world, permanent structures often end up generating massive amounts of waste, whether through demolition or abandonment. In fact, global construction waste is expected to reach over two-billion tons per year by 2025.

That’s why modular construction, a building technique that dates back to the 1800s, is starting to pick up steam once again. The modular construction process involves transporting multiple prefabricated buildings which are connected on-site to form a complete structure.

It’s like LEGOs on steroids, using cranes for assembly rather than your fingertips. Because of the ease with which modular buildings can be disassembled and transported elsewhere for reuse, they could lead to exponential increases in efficiency and sustainability.

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Do you think modular construction will catch on?

freethink

This will be very encouraging for underdeveloped countries to quickly build world standard hospitals, thanks for the insightful update.

kemicraig

There would quickly become an aftermarket of modular facades to make these buildings LOOK like historic buildings. Then, when you need a different building in the same place, you could rearrange the facade modules and easily have a new building of the same style. Hell, even the graffiti could be reused, just in a different spot on the building.

GrantSR

I think that most issues with this idea will be solved over time - they are just engineering problems. Well implemented, it can change the way we build.

antoniojimenez

“This is a LEGO”
*Shows off-brand toy that is not LEGO*

kippgoeden

That jeff bezos laugh clip had me on my sides

_tarnished_

I'm scared to ask how the noise isolation in that structure is. So many other issues, but it is a good idea.

konsul

As a home builder, I've dreamt of lego style modular construction for decades! This is far beyond what I've imagined! Great stuff! I'd still like a smaller scale module that 1 human could handle.

theobserver

A lot of places including Brasil is using containers for living places, bars, clinics and so on. They are cheap when bought used ones, insulated, etc.

ricardoheurich

Wish they would have mentioned how high they can stack them. Sometimes you only have a small area of land available, so you have to build up, can these be safely stacked 10 high? 50? How do elevators work with these when you start going more than a couple of levels up?

Edward-oeyj

Actually… the 2x4, or “eight in whatever color” is the holy grail of lego. :))

NoName-sbtp

The video editing quality for this channel, I think, is the best I’ve ever seen.

gokutrades

I'm a structural engineer. While modular construction is interesting and has certainly captured a market, what the video fails to mention is there's a premium to modularity and what's been shown has significant limits; you can't just stack them indefinitely. What they have is a two-storey demountable classroom and that's fantastic, but let's not get carried away here.

arcaneminded

Something that wasn't mentioned in the video... what if you built a home and then decided to move. With this lego system you could literally take the house with you to your new location and then just reassemble it. this has amazing long term benefits!

americaie

This is a great premise. The only problem I can see with it is, a tornado or hurricane could probably uproot these things since they're removable.

nukiradio