Towards a 4.0 Mass Customized Wooden Housing in the Mediterranean Area: The Ecodomus Project
The paper describes the necessary transition from the consolidated practices of contemporary residential architecture to innovative sustainable design and construction practices, which can be pursued by applying the principles of digital fabrication to th
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Abstract The paper describes the necessary transition from the consolidated practices of contemporary residential architecture to innovative sustainable design and construction practices, which can be pursued by applying the principles of digital fabrication to the construction industry. The contribution is divided into two parts: the first investigates the theoretical-critical assumptions of research and the second part describes a design experience that led to the creation of a housing prototype with an irregular geometry made up of CLT panels. The paper will explain the need to overcome the current phase of experimentation using digital fabrication technologies applied to small pavilions with complex shapes or high budget, to move to their application on residential building. The application of these technologies to residential architecture is desirable both for the diffusion and for the relevance of the change it would produce. Keywords Wood design · Wood joint systems Large-scale cross-laminated timber (CLT) projects · Industry 4.0 Mass customization
1 Introduction: The Paradigms of Industry 4.0 Today we are on the threshold of the fourth epochal turning point in the incessant and inescapable race towards technological progress. The new nodal point in technological evolution in Europe has taken the name of “Industry 4.0” since 2011, when Kagermann et al. (2013) presented their strategic proposal at the Hanover Fair to strengthen the competitiveness of the German manufacturing industry. The name “Industrie 4.0” was subsequently adopted by the German Federal Government. M. Colella (B) · G. Fallacara Department of Sciences of Engineering and Architecture, Polytechnic University of Bari, Bari, Italy e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] G. Fallacara e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 F. Bianconi and M. Filippucci (eds.), Digital Wood Design, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 24, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03676-8_49
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The new scenarios outlined by the advent of the fourth industrial revolution are changing the way of thinking about society and the world of work in the near future, with the definition of new professionals. However, industry is the field most affected by the changes, with a rethinking of its management, production methods and products themselves. There are several principles that raise the factory to 4.0, opening up new and innovative scenarios. The pivotal point of the ongoing revolution is represented by the fusion between the virtual and the real world in the new concept of Cyber-Physical System (CPS). In short, CFS are defined by objects that incorporate technological devices capable of creating an interface between the physical and digital world. The network in which CFS interact and cooperate with each other according to predefined patterns, is called the Internet of Things (IoT). In addition to the IoT, the Internet of Services (IoS) determines a leap in scale, in which the CPS are co
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