TY - JOUR
TI - The role of prefabrication in shaping the residential architecture of the twenty-first century
AU - Orchowska, Anita
TI - The role of prefabrication in shaping the residential architecture of the twenty-first century
AB - 
	Prefabrication had a significant influence on the shape of the residential architecture of the twentieth century and its importance has not diminished. In the past, a time of experimentation changed into a turbulent period of technological advancement and development of construction systems and their types. The role of prefabrication was to define basic housing standards in terms of flat layouts and the character of housing developments. Currently, concrete prefabrication technology is becoming more and more important as a modern architectural material and is a frequently used method of erecting residential buildings. There is considerable potential in prefabricated components as well as economic and technological benefits. On the one hand, there is flexibility and variety of designed elements, and on the other, prefabricated components, which are technologically superior, allow an adjustment of standardisation to contemporary functional and aesthetic requirements of the residential architecture in a significant way. 
VL - 2020
IS - 32/2020
PY - 2020
SN - 1731-2442
C1 - 2543-8700
SP - 69
EP - 80
DO - 10.4467/25438700SM.20.028.12892
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/srodowisko-mieszkaniowe/article/the-role-of-prefabrication-in-shaping-the-residential-architecture-of-the-twenty-first-century
KW - industrialisation of construction
KW - prefabricated components
KW - housing standards
KW - housing