TY  - CONF
TI  - Defining Interfaces to Facilitate Building Module Change
C1  - Auckland, New Zealand
C3  - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 32)
SP  - 845
EP  - 856
PY  - 2024
DO  - 10.24928/2024/0137
AU  - Zieth, Peter
AU  - Rocha, Cecilia Gravina da
AD  - PhD Student, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), City Campus, Broadway, Bldg 11, Lv 11, NSW 2007, Australia, peter.zieth@student.uts.edu.au, orcid.org/0009-0008-9546-2895
AD  - Senior Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), City Campus, Broadway, Bldg 11, Lv 11, NSW 2007, Australia, cecilia.rocha@uts.edu.au, orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-2432
AB  - Modular construction in the building industry remains largely misunderstood, despite numerous studies on the subject. With confusion around what constitutes a module, how it is defined and differentiated from other modules, and how they interface. This study examines interface characteristics; types, standardization, and reversibility (three measurable categories based on Fixson (2005) function-component allocation (FCA) tool for product architecture assessments) and assesses product architecture interfaces to apply them to building product architecture. The intent of this examination is to understand the interface’s role in any transfer of module functions across modules. Defining interfaces to better differentiate building modules from each other should ultimately facilitate the identification of what specific functions of the building component modules that need to be designed, manufactured, assembled, changed, and disassembled. From the examination, the discussion arising seeks to advance on how a building spatial module function designation might transfer functions at an interface, to provide clarity on the functional requirements for component modules to meet.
KW  - Modular construction
KW  - prefabrication
KW  - flexible manufacturing
KW  - interfaces.
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 32)
DA  - 2024/07/01
CY  - Auckland, New Zealand
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2241/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2241
N1  - Export Date: 26 April 2025
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -