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June 20 2020

Features defining precarious housing:

  • Lack of easy access to safe water
  • Inadequate access to infrastructure and sanitation
  • Poor structural quality houses
  • Overpopulation
  • Precarious residential status
  • Precarious housing:

    “High houses are the peace and harmony of our descendants. Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any house below this point”.

    Art State of Mind

    Del Ostracismo al Fetichismo

    Formed Section Metals in homes, the beginning…

    Shelter Anderson

    Formed Section Metals in homes, the beginning…

    Dymaxion Deployment Unit (DDU)

    Wichita House

    Cobertizo Quonset

    Formed Section Metals in modern homes…

    Formed Section Metal homes characteristics

    Advantages

  • Reduced weight by using lightweight materials
  • Reduction of seismic impact
  • Strength by design
  • Minimal foundation
  • Simple interconnections
  • LOAD ESTIMATION FOR ROOF CONCRETE SLAB

    CONCRETE SLAB WEIGHT 304.00 Kg/m2
    WATERPROOFING COMPOSITE WEIGHT 15.00 Kg/m2
    MORTAR WEIGHT 30.00 Kg/m2
    SLOPE REFILL WEIGHT 30.00 Kg/m2
    INSTALLATIONS WEIGHT 15.00 Kg/m2
    DEAD WEIGHT 394.00 Kg/m2
    LIVE LOAD 100.00 Kg/m2
    SEISMIC LIVE LOAD 70.00 Kg/m2
    CM (u) 472.00 Kg/m2
    CV (u) 160.00 Kg/m2
    SERVICE LOADS 454.00 Kg/m2
    ULTIMATE LOADS 632.00 Kg/m2
    SEISMIC SERVICE LOAD 464.00 Kg/m2

    ROOF LOAD ESTIMATION COLD FORMED SECTION

    STRUCTURE WEIGTH 15.00 Kg/m2
    WATERPROOFING COMPOSITE WEIGHT 0.00 Kg/m2
    MORTAR WEIGHT 30.00 Kg/m2
    SLOPE REFILL WEIGHT 0.00 Kg/m2
    INSTALLATIONS WEIGHT 15.00 Kg/m2
    DEAD WEIGHT 60.00 Kg/m2
    LIVE LOAD 100.00 Kg/m2
    SEISMIC LIVE LOAD 70.00 Kg/m2
    CM (u) 96.00 Kg/m2
    CV (u) 100.00 Kg/m2
    SERVICE LOADS 100.00 Kg/m2
    ULTIMATE LOADS 256.00 Kg/m2
    SEISMIC SERVICE LOAD 130.00 Kg/m2

    Reduction of Seismic impact on Roof: 72%

    Reduction of Seismic impact on Walls: 82%


    Simple interconnections

    Design guidelines in continuous improvement

    Conclusions

    Homes made with Cold Formed Sections

  • Homes with Cold Formed sections can be very inexpensive
  • Seismic impact is low due to its low weight
  • Fit for serial manufacturing processes
  • Quick manufacture and assembly
  • High levels of resistance
  • Standard connections
  • 100% recyclable
  • Minimal civil support work