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#112 Flexible wet cores for volumetric housing construction

This design research investigation tests the efficacy and feasibility of developing a suite of standarised wet cores that can be reconfigured for a range of medium and low-density residential building typologies delivered through volumetric construction. The research aims to identify key spatial relationships between wet cores and typical dwelling arrangements that can maiximise manufacturing efficiencies while responding to the imperatives of Fleetwood’s existing and emerging housing markets. The design strategies will inform “rule sets” for aggregating wet elements in different dwelling typologies to be codified (by others) for use in generative design processes being undertaken by Fleetwood.

Project team: A/Prof. Duncan Maxwell, Dr Camillo Cruz Gambardella, Dr Laura Harper, Research Assistant TBC