A competition entry for "community living rooms" for the victims of the Kobe earthquake of 1995.
Although many were in temporary shelters, these communities lacked places to gather in large groups for the community functions that can restore a sense of neighborhood and shared purpose for the inhabitants of temporary shelters.
Funds were pledged for ten to twenty 1200sf structures, designed for prefabrication and air freight shipment via a pallet system.
The design is patterned after traditional Japanese living rooms. The units are shipped as a simple assembly kit, using stressed skin panels and trusses for the major structural pieces.
The instruction manual outlines twenty distinct steps for speed and ease of erection.
Citation, AIA/Seattle, 1995.
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step 1 site preparation |
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step 2 footing and concrete pier placment. gravel path at perimeter |
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step 3 floor beam assembly. tie down to piers. |
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step 4 presealed eps stressed skin 8' x 16' floor deck panels with integral joists |
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step 5 veranda and anteroom weatherproofing. flash edges. |
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step 6 threshold placement as panel spacer. |
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step 7 shear panel placement. 4' x 8' hybrid eps stressed skin panels selaed and paint ready. |
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step 8 panel placement and top strap shear connections. |
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step 9 complete top strap ties. finished lower enclosure. |
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step 10 back wall: prefabricated closet. |
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step 11 back wall: Tokonoma |
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step 12 back wall completion: flooring and cabinets. |
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step 13 finished interior floor: interlocking rubber tiles |
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step 14 box beams assembled from splieced sections. tie down to shear panel supports. anteroom sliding panels and shoe storage shelves. |
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step 15 wood truss placement. shipped in two and assembled on site |
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step 16 top tie insertion |
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step 17 gable closure. lower roof panels: eps hybrid stressed skn panel. upper surface is metal standing roof with interlocking battens. |
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step 18 upper roof panels: similar to lower panels. recessed gutter. slope to rear. |
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step 19 clerestroy and exterior sliding panels: laminated polycarbonate in braced frames. |
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step 20 site imprveoments. entry stones. portable toilets at rear. gutters empty along chains to rain barrels. |