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Prefabrication and Modular Coordination
Prefabrication and Modular Coordination
MODULAR COORDINATION
STRUCTURAL DESIGN ASSIGNMENT
MODULAR COORDINATION
MODULAR COORDINATION IS A CONCEPT OF COORDINATION OF DIMENSION AND SPACE IN WHICH
BUILDINGS AND COMPONENTS ARE DIMENSIONED AND POSITIONED IN TERM OF BASIC UNIT OR MODULE.
-THE BASIC MODULE IS KNOWN AS IM WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 100MM.
MODULAR COORDINATION WAS FIRST EXPLORED AS AN AID TO DESIGN SHORTLY AFTER THE INTRODUCTION
OF PREFABRICATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN THE INDUSTRIALIZATION.IT WAS CONCEIVED AS
A FURTHER STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMATIC DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE
BUILDING.THIS SUBJECT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND ATTEMPTED IN AN ACTUAL BUILDING EXPERIMENT IN
PRACTICALLY EVERY DEVELOPED COUNTRY.
MODULAR COORDINATION WAS FIRST STUDIED IN SINGAPORE IN EARLY SEVENTIES.THE HOUSING AND
DEVELOPMENT BOARD IMPLEMENTED THE CONCEPT IN 1973 IN THE NEW GENERATION
FLATS.PREFABRICATION AND STANDARD COMPONENTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY INTRODUCED.MODULAR
BLOCKS AND BRICKS WERE INTRODUCED IN 1983.
THE PRINCIPLE OBJECTIVE OF MODULAR SYSTEM ARE TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL AND COHERENT SOLUTIONS FOR
COORDINATION OF THE POSITION AND DIMENSIONS OF ELEMENTS,COMPONENTS AND SPACE IN BUILDING DESIGN. THIS
PROCESS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASE DESIGN FREEDOM AND IMPROVED BALANCE BETWEEN QUALITY AND COST IN
MANUFACTURE AND CONSTRUCTION.
SQUARE GRID
RECTANGULAR GRID
TARTAN GRID
BASIC MODULAR GRID TARTAN GRID
• THE FUNDAMENTAL MODULAR GRID,IS
THAT IN WHICH THE INTERVALS • INTERRUPTED MODULAR
BETWEEN CONSECUTIVE PARALLEL PLANNING GRID
LINES IS EQUAL TO THE BASIC • INTERVALS OR BANDS OF
MODULE,SMALLEST PLANNING GRID INTERRUPTION ARE
REGULARLY SPACED IN
BOTH DIRECTIONS
MULTI-MODULAR PLANNING • PATTERNS MAY BE USED
GRID IN VERY REGULAR PLANS
LIKE THOSE WITH
• IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC COLUMNS AT CONSTANT
MODULAR GRIDS,MULTI-MODULAR INTERVALS THROUGHOUT
GRIDS IN WHICH THE INTERVALS THE FLOOR
BETWEEN CONSECUTIVE LINES
ARE A MULTI-MODULAR MAY BE
USED
NOTATION AND SYMBOLS
MODULE
BASIC MODULE
MULTI MODULES
SUB-MUDULAR MODULE
• VERTICAL COORDINATION
i. Mv = M (100mm)
ii. FLOORS ARE PLACED WITHIN AMODULAR FLOOR ZONE OF nxM INCREMENTS
ii. THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZED VALUE OF THE SUB MODULAR INCREMENT IS M/2=50mm
iii. IT IS TO BE USED WHERE THERE IS A NEED FOR AN INCREMENT SMALLER THAN THE BASIC MODULE .DETERMINING THE
DISPLACEMENTS OF DIFFEREN MODULAR GRIDS.
iv. MODULAR COORDINATION IS THE BASIC FOR A STANDARDIZATION OF A MASS PRODUCTIONOF COMPONENT
• ADVANTAGES OF MC
i. FACILITATE COLLABRATION BETWEEN BUILDING DESIGNERS , MANUFACTURES DISTRIBUTERS AND CONTRACTORS
iv. MINIMIZE THE WASTAGE OF MATERIALS , TIME AND MANPOWER IN CUTTING AND TRIMMING ON SITE