http://www.momahomedelivery.org/ This exhibition offers the most thorough examination of both the historical and contemporary significance of factory-produced architectures to date. With increasing concern about issues such as sustainability and the swelling global population, prefabrication has again taken center stage as a prime solution to a host of pressing needs. The prefabricated structure has long served as a central precept in the history of modern architecture, and it continues to spur innovative manufacturing and imaginative design. The relationship between the drawing board and the finished product has never been more dynamic, but the potential of prefabrication has not yet come to full fruition. The exhibition will examine this phenomenon through historical documents, full-scale reassemblies, and films that trace the roots of prefabrication in the work of architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, Jean Prouve, and Richard Rogers, corporations such as Lustron, and the imaginative systems of other influential figures, including Thomas Edison and R. Buckminster Fuller. en-us Sat, 17 May 2008 00:24:43 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/228 http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/228 Sat, 17 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GMT http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/215 http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/215 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GMT http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/216 http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/216 Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GMT http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/223 http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/223 FHE Franke factory and brought to the production hall for assembly only.

• The Serving Unit’s edge protection and gutter. Here the steel protects the wood for the transportation.
• All connectors. We use traditional joints and newly developed connection pieces.
• All parts of the windows. See here a worker from FHE Franke reworking the steel parts of the small round windows. They are cut by a laser-cutting machine, but the cutting edge is not very smooth, so it has to be grinded again.

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LED light fixtures from Philips Solid State Lighting Solutions and the plastic flooring from 3Form are being installed

Three levels of aluminum structural framing are complete

Interior partition panels are being assembled and installed into the chunks

Testing of the on-site assembly: Chunk 1R was lifted onto 2R yesterday

Bathroom pods from Kullman are scheduled to arrive from UK

The plastic stair is being installed into chunks 1R and 2R

]]> Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GMT http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/218 http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/218 One Week starring Buster Keaton will be featured prominently in the exhibition. Written by Keaton and Edward F. Cline, this 19-minute film also stars Sybil Seely and Joe Roberts. The plot consists of two newlyweds, played by Keaton and Seely, who receive a prefabricated kit-home as a wedding gift. The house is capable of being built in one week, the inspiration for the film’s title and the seven-part structure of the film’s vignettes. A jilted lover of Seely’s character re-numbers the crates containing the house’s components, which incrementally distorts the arrangement of the house. Upon completion of the house, the site’s developer informs Keaton that he has accidentally built the house on the wrong plot and needs to move it. The house gets stuck on railroad tracks as Keaton and Seely feverishly try moving it, where it is ultimately obliterated into a heap of pieces by a passing train.]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GMT http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/211 http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/211 Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GMT http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/209 http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/209 Design Lab Team Larry Sass Dan Smithwick Dennis Michaud Student Consultants Marissa Desmond Pierre Fuller Sola Grantham Kenfield Griffith Yuchen Liu Ayodh Kamath Ian Kaminskicoughlin Anna Kotova Edmond Kwong Krit Sangthong Laura Rushfeldt Chris Stanton Lin Yang]]> Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GMT http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/213 http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/213 KLH. It was amazing to see, all precut parts fit together perfectly. The elements’ tolerance was less than 1 mm, which is more or less nothing in terms of building. The elements can only be moved by a crane because they weigh up to two tons. One rigger and two helpers move these slabs to the right position and fix them with millimeter precision. The elements are then fixed with glue and additional screwing. In this way, a 37’ (11.3 m) wall can be placed in ten minutes. In the video, which was filmed last Thursday shortly before noon, you can see two walls mounted. These elements are fixed with slats, which can be removed as soon as the other walls and the ceiling are erected. The floor slab is placed on piles, to allow the workers to reach the Serving Unit’s undersurface. In the video you can see from right to left: The spaces for bath, staircase, entrance, and kitchen. You will never see this wall from this side again since it is hidden by the built-in wardrobe and the staircase.]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GMT http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/214 http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/214 Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 GMT http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/210 http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/posts/210

Structural framing for Chunks 1F, 1C, and 2F are complete

Aluminum extrusions for chunks 3R, 2C, and 2F are being delivered

LED light fixtures from Philips Solid State Lighting Solutions and the plastic flooring from 3-form are being installed to completed chunks 1R, 2R, 1C, and 1F

Interior partition panels are being cut and prepared for fabrication

Testing of the on-site assembly, how chunk 2R fits on top of 1R, will be reviewed next week

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