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Modular construction industry growth and its impact on the built environment

Publication date: 20.12.2018

Technical Transactions, 2018, Volume 12 Year 2018 (115), pp. 43 - 52

https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.178.9666

Authors

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Ewelina Woźniak-Szpakiewicz
Institute of Urban Design, Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology
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Shouliang Zhao
School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Modular construction industry growth and its impact on the built environment

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of increasing demand for modular buildings as an answer to the construction industry’s current situation. The author addresses the following question regarding the near future of the modular construction industry: How would it reflect on urban space, living space and the whole attitude toward modular construction issues? What is the role of the architect during the design–build process? Is it possible to make references to “beauty” in a modular construction context?

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Information

Information: Technical Transactions, 2018, Volume 12 Year 2018 (115), pp. 43 - 52

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Modular construction industry growth and its impact on the built environment

English:

Modular construction industry growth and its impact on the built environment

Authors

Institute of Urban Design, Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology

School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Published at: 20.12.2018

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Ewelina Woźniak-Szpakiewicz (Author) - 50%
Shouliang Zhao (Author) - 50%

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