Chapter 240 Sector Design
When talking about prefabricated building modules, we have to mention prefabricated houses.
This powerful technology that can build a hospital in a few days in the original world is not only supported by strong industrial strength and infrastructure capabilities, but also the excellence of this technology itself must be mentioned.
All functional modules are prefabricated and assembled in the factory. You only need to level the ground and install the necessary base pile holes on site, and you can build a house in a very short time. It can be said that It is a quick construction technique that is very useful in emergency situations.
And the house built is by no means a one-time simple house. If necessary, the house built by this kind of prefabricated module can even be used for many years.
The most famous of these prefabricated modular houses is the Khrushchev House in the former Soviet Union. Although it is very crude from the perspective of later generations, and can even be described as crudely made, at the time it was so fast. The technology of building buildings did solve the housing problem of the Soviet people to a considerable extent.
So much so that this technology was even introduced to China, and a large number of Khrushchev Towers were built.
Although it is ugly, it is really practical. At least it solved the social problems of housing in the Soviet Union and China at that time.
Before Purficott traveled through time, there was another joke that was not a bad joke, that is, the Khrushchev House is a small, simple residential building that uses prefabricated modules. Many people think that this If the building is shoddy, it must be of poor quality.
However, these old things have withstood the test of seventy years and are still standing today. Even when the two villains of the Soviet Union started fighting and bombarded each other with 152mm artillery, they also withstood Withstood the test of artillery fire.
Compared with those so-called commercial buildings and residential buildings, the Khrushchev Building has proven its reliability and conscience.
So Purficott does not think that this kind of building is ugly or small like others. Instead, he thinks it is a trace of an era and appreciates its design aesthetics.
It sounds outrageous. It is obviously a modular building that looks like an industrial assembly line. Where does the design aesthetics come from?
However, in fact, it is not a simple matter to be able to design a low-cost architectural template that can be quickly replicated and meet the living needs of most people.
It has no frills because of the need to save costs.
It has no elevator and only has five floors. The reason is that the Soviet Union stipulated that buildings above five floors must have elevators, so the Khrushchev Building only has five floors.
The structure is simple, which is to facilitate installation and construction. At that time, because all the modules were prefabricated in the factory, and the structure was too simple, even workers without drawings could quickly install them Assemble it and build a building in a week.
Although it has been criticized by architects as killing the design of architectural aesthetics and turning architects into craftsmen. In the field of architecture, architects’ templates are no longer needed, but in Purficott’s view, it can solve the problem. The problem is good design.
First solve the problem, and then pursue optimization.
So after returning to the laboratory, Purficott also pulled out new drawings and designs of the underground shelter, and began to think about how to design a building model that could prefabricate modules and be easily installed. , applied to the construction of underground shelters.
First of all, this should be a building model that is easy to install and low-cost like the Khrushchev Building. It does not require complex structures or gorgeous decorations, nor does it require designers to use their talents and artistic abilities. Just ensure the most basic residential needs.
So after recalling the design drawings of the Khrushchev Building that he had seen, Purficott left several parameters on the paper.
One-bedroom of 30 square meters, two-bedroom of 43 square meters, three-bedroom of 54 square meters, kitchen of 6 square meters, bathroom of 4 square meters, indoor clear height 2.6 meters. These were the original design parameters of the Khrushchev Building. Each parameter was rigorously designed and calculated by the Soviet designers at the time to ensure that every centimeter of space was just right and adequate.
Of course, although the design is like this, in actual use, this size is not enough, and this is one of the most criticized aspects of the Khrushchev Building.
So after Purficott drew the layout of the Khrushchev House in her memory on paper, she enlarged the data by 20%.
Although it doesn’t look like much, at least it’s relatively less cramped to use.
In addition to these, modifications must also be made to the building structure. For example, a private bathroom is necessary for the Khrushchev Building, but not for the underground shelter designed by Purficott. So necessary.
After all, times are different. In the Soviet era, you said independent bathrooms were a necessity, but for workers in the 18th century, you said independent bathrooms? Luxurious.
And considering the overall design of the shelter, there is no need to design the kitchen and bathroom separately, which even increases safety risks from a certain perspective.
After all, what Purficott designed is not a city, but a shelter. Its biggest role is to solve the problem of human survival in an extremely cold doomsday environment. As for the quality of life, it is not an issue that needs to be considered now.
What's more, it's not like Purficott has reserved room for expansion. It can wait until the shelter is established and everything is stable before expanding, thereby improving the quality of life of the residents of the shelter.
Before that, let’s think about how to survive.
So after clarifying this concept, Purficott canceled the independent kitchen and bathroom in each separate living space.
However, she still retained this part of the space, just separated it, and left the water supply pipes and sewer openings, leaving some room for the residents living in it.
As for the feeding and bathing needs of the shelter residents, as well as toilet issues, Purficot adopted the design of public facilities, integrating them all to provide services for an entire neighborhood.
However, according to Purficott's design plan, this may be more appropriately called a sector.
According to Purficott's design, one hundred households are designed into a fan-shaped area composed of houses of three different specifications, and then public canteens, public bathrooms and public facilities are provided in this fan-shaped area. toilets to meet the daily needs of residents.
The first-floor shelter consists of three sectors, which means that the first floor accommodates 300 families.
Of course, other public facilities will be built in addition, but according to Purficott's plan, they will be shared on the entire floor instead of being allocated to a single sector.
Based on the current calculation of 500 people in 100 households in Fjord Town, that means there will be about 1,500 people living on the first floor of the shelter.
If you want to accommodate 10,000 people, you need to build at least seven floors of such a structure.
(End of this chapter)