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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. The Segmented Building System by jantzen studioJanuary 20th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: jantzen studio The Segmented Building System is an eco-friendly, energy efficient, prefabricated, modular building system. The building components consist of four-foot wide segments that vary in height, and can be delivered to the construction site in pieces, or as assembled profiles. Each of the segments are made of structural insulated foam panels that are connected together to form a floor, walls, and a roof. The configurations of these panels can make full floor, walls, and roof profiles, and/or half floor, wall, and roof profiles. They can be prefabricated with various kinds of exterior cladding such as metal or cement composite boards, and/or they can be clad at the construction site, after the structural panels have been assembled.  Image Courtesy © jantzen studio
 Image Courtesy © jantzen studio Any number of segments can be joined together to form any size structure. All of the segments are attached to a prefabricated perimeter concrete foundation shaped to receive the final configuration of the building. The variations of configurations possible with the Segmented Housing system are extreme, due to the ways in which the full profiles and half profiles can be nested together to grow the structures in any horizontal direction. This approach to construction can also allow for the profile segments to be taken apart and reconfigured again in a different way, at a different site. In this way the buildings can be recycled without having to destroy them.  Image Courtesy © jantzen studio  Image Courtesy © jantzen studio Doors and windows can be placed anywhere and full or half segmented profiles can be shifted side by side with the open space closed off with large glass panels. This segment shifting can be used to form interior spaces that are accented by beautiful daylight pattern penetration and/or to form an unexpected architectural aesthetic. Solar panels of various kinds can also be attached to the segments in order to power the structures off of the utility grid.  Image Courtesy © jantzen studio  Image Courtesy © jantzen studio The Segmented Building System explores ways in which a high degree of sustainable design flexibility can be introduced into the building industry at a potentially low cost.  Image Courtesy © jantzen studio  Image Courtesy © jantzen studio  Image Courtesy © jantzen studio  Image Courtesy © jantzen studio  Image Courtesy © jantzen studio  Image Courtesy © jantzen studio
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