Instant Foam Housing

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Instant Foam Housing

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Residential › Apartment Multi Unit Housing

We tried not to use traditional construction materials as these would be needed for the reconstruction and repair of the permanent houses. Instead we explored how to construct a building using a structural, insulative compound that is readily available, casting foam, to fabricate units quickly and easily on a large scale.Building with foam allows us to fabricate units close to the site very quickly and according to immediate demands.After the units are done, putting together the building itself, is not difficult at all. Thanks to the lightweight material, the units can be easily placed with a small crane helped by a few people.Considering how New Yorkers are accustomed to sharing their living spaces we sacrificed built-in bathrooms and kitchen in order to attain an extremely fast construction process. This, in turn, would increase the sense of community in each building since more people going back and forth increase the chances of meeting and developing relationships in thecommon spaces, that were also generously designed.After the scenario begins to clear, and demands are less, the units material is cut up into usable pieces and sent to help aid the reconstruction effort as a cheap, efficient insulator.The buildings camouflage (scafolding) is returned and the site is left almost untouched.In essence the fabrication of the units themselves, becomes integral to the reconstruction of the city in the later stages of the scenario.The temporary investment in the housing complex is returned in full when the units are broken down and re-used.

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Instant Foam Housing

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