LOON, LOVELY GRACE L.

ARS1 ASSIGNMENT NO. 1

NEW HOUSING TECHNOLOGIES

Reusable plastic formwork -The process of building the basic structure of a simple house
takes just 24 hours. Unskilled labourers assemble the Moladi formwork on site based on the plan of
the house. Services such as electricity and plumbing as well as block-outs for window and
doorframes are positioned in the wall cavity and the mortar is poured into the formwork. It is
allowed to dry overnight and the formwork is removed the next morning. The walls are painted with
a cementitious water-based paint and the roof, windows and door are installed. Final finishes such
as sanitary ware and lighting fixtures follow.

3D Printed Houses- A private company located

in eastern China has printed ten full-size houses using

huge 3D printer in the space of a day. The process

utilizes quick-drying cement, but the creators are
being careful not to

reveal

the

secrets

of

the

technology.
Chinas WinSun company, used a system of four 10
meter wide by 6.6 meter high printers with multi-directional sprays to create the houses. Cement
and construction waste was used to build the walls layer-by-layer, state news agency Xinhua
reported.

KOTO housing-

Designer blocks, curved blocks, shaped blocks from 75mm to 400mm wide

are available for Partitions, External, Shear wall or Infill Panels. They are uniquely reinforced with
concealed core columns for additional reinforcing.
Commercial properties in hot tropical climates with high humidity running air conditioners 24 hours
per day enjoy the financial benefits of Koto energy efficient system reducing their daily energy
expenditure as a complete integrated foundation, walling, column / beam and roofing system to
optimise the maximise energy efficiency in a complete cost effective package.

Monolithic

Dome

Homes -

Monolithic Domes are constructed following a method that requires a tough,

inflatable Airform, steel-reinforced concrete and a polyurethane foam insulation. Each of
these ingredients is used in a technologically specific way.

The Monolithic Dome has a number of unique benefits: construction affordability, healthy
environment, disaster protection, energy savings, longevity, just to name a few.

Modular Homes - also called prefab home or factory-built homes, are different from mobile
homes or manufactured homes. Mobile (manufactured) homes can be moved while modular ones
are built in sections on and off-site in controlled facilities. The sections can be customized and
added to a plan according to the desires of the customer. The sections are then transported to the
construction site.

RMD Technology - The construction in which, all the elements are cast together with
reinforced cement concrete (r c c) by using aluminium form/similar form work, which supports wall,
beam, column, roof slab and other elements together for concreting at single go. This ensures
absolutely no joints (monolithic) between the elements with great surface finish, hence highly
durable & earthquake resistant. This is nothing but
strong concrete house.

Insulated Concrete Forms [ICF] Insul

ated Concrete Forms consist of two panels of

Expanded Polystyrene [EPS] foam

that are stacked, steel reinforced
and filled with concrete, completing
the building envelope of a residential
structure in one building step, from
foundation to roof.