Do you think modular construction will catch on?

@peterfus6605

3 жыл бұрын

This what i think this is my opion only ok ok. First i should say that this will not be the only new way to build as yah go big for city good homes no. I dont see this to catch on there is not a lot to see In the futher we will see how it goes.you need special people to install these things and all these machines all sow a other big one people want options no one goes with one company to build home this is the only one no you have like 100 or more or less were you live we dont have one bank to chose from we have options we can have what we want to go with and pull out to something new what we want

@alexwilliamns

3 жыл бұрын

I certainly hope so!

@JOSEPHELBOSS

3 жыл бұрын

yes

@nullpoint3346

3 жыл бұрын

I'd certainly hope so. Anything but carrying sheet rock.

@mr.rousseau.4655

3 жыл бұрын

How do you leave structures perform during natural disasters specifically tornadoes and hurricanes? What keeps your Lego towers from toppling over are they welded, is there any support beams?

This will be very encouraging for underdeveloped countries to quickly build world standard hospitals, thanks for the insightful update.

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great point. It could really help standardize construction and bridge the gap between developed and developing countries in facilities.

@yoboiiisean3666

2 жыл бұрын

YES!

@ScarfLess117

2 жыл бұрын

That depends on if its Hurricane/Typhoon proof. But overall, great idea.

@crisantocabrerajr.222

2 жыл бұрын

Yes i agree especially those who were directly hit by Typhoon Rai (Odette) That destroyed the homes of millions of our country men in the Philippines

@CUBETechie

2 жыл бұрын

Yes especially in India which is mostly build or depending on railways

There would quickly become an aftermarket of modular facades to make these buildings LOOK like historic buildings. Then, when you need a different building in the same place, you could rearrange the facade modules and easily have a new building of the same style. Hell, even the graffiti could be reused, just in a different spot on the building.

@freethink

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting point! They could be really cool to customize in all kinds of ways. People certainly customize their homes and cars plenty already; the standardization could really facilitate an industry around mass customizations.

@kevinwelsh7490

2 жыл бұрын

modular graffiti, has to conform the 2.4 meter module.

@GrantSR

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinwelsh7490 I'm guessing that at least some graffiti artists (and possibly even taggers) will learn to stay within the confines of individual panels once they see the panels have been rearranged. They like to see their work last as long as possible.

@kevinwelsh7490

2 жыл бұрын

@@GrantSR don't you know; graffiti artists by definition color outside the lines. this video is a brave new world...

@PenguinJockey13

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent idea, because otherwise everything would look blandly similar and aesthetically sterile.

“This is a LEGO” *Shows off-brand toy that is not LEGO*

@andrewmagdaleno5417

2 жыл бұрын

Probably not wanting to get sued by Lego

@___echo___

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewmagdaleno5417 or cheaper stock footage

@franchocou

2 жыл бұрын

@@theobserver9131 wanna fight?

@SumriseHD

2 жыл бұрын

Someone in Germany actually got sued for this by LEGO, because if everyone calls these bricks LEGOs then they have to change their brand name

@lesterfalcon1350

2 жыл бұрын

@@SumriseHD British people don't call them LEGOs, it's like rice, uncountable, we just say lego.

That jeff bezos laugh clip had me on my sides

@cuddlemuffin.9545

3 жыл бұрын

You gotta admit, it's the most evil laugh ever

@andrewmagdaleno5417

2 жыл бұрын

Same!

@Yagyaansh

2 жыл бұрын

xD

@NXE212

2 жыл бұрын

The hair make it hard to recognized him for me lol.

@MP-ut6eb

2 жыл бұрын

@@cuddlemuffin.9545 Don't tell me 😂😂 everytime i hear the class evil laugh(Muahahah muahahah) i dont take it seriously. But thos dude WITH HEIRS got me shitting my pants.

I think that most issues with this idea will be solved over time - they are just engineering problems. Well implemented, it can change the way we build.

@elibullockpapa9012

2 жыл бұрын

nah its much more of a political problem. zoning is at the heart of almost all the housing / construction problems around the us :\. People can engineer incredible structures relatively cheaply but your just not allowed to build hardly anything anywhere people want to live or work.

@danielhutchinson6604

2 жыл бұрын

Not only logistic problems, but wear and weather will make this idea unsustainable.... When they dismantled the ABM HQ site in North Dakota, the modules were sold off and sent away. Not exactly the method proposed by this concept, but the obstacles presented were similar. Ignoring the craftsmanship that built the Cities, is another item that needs to be examined by those who offer solutions to modern American living arrangements.....

@kevinwelsh7490

2 жыл бұрын

this technology has been around for decades. nobody wants such a building except for novelty.

@flowersthewizard9336

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinwelsh7490 'nobody' wants this because it would actually bring down the prices of houses in the cities. they wouldn't use this building style in other places as families who live in the countryside or suburbs tend to stay living there longer

I'm scared to ask how the noise isolation in that structure is. So many other issues, but it is a good idea.

@Rhedox1

3 жыл бұрын

Not just noise, also heat insulation.

@nntflow7058

3 жыл бұрын

Probably similar to 2x6.

@peterfus6605

3 жыл бұрын

Yah a lot is just not now yet and more would need to come out to make a choice

@phatpatatit

3 жыл бұрын

If the STC rating is not currently satisfactory, adjustments can be made to reached desirable STC ratings. Trial and error with experience until results are achieved. Heat retention is either currently operating well or also can be improved with time and newer materials. These two issues seems easier to achieve. The big game changer is the RED 6 modular design. Very impressed and want to see more examples with time. Great work❤️

@nullpoint3346

3 жыл бұрын

Noise cancelling panels that also serve as insulation is pretty nice. But the design to do so efficiently and with low mass is a little troubling for my engineering ignorant mind. I'm thinking about those triangle things in the quietest room, but sandwiched inside the wall panels with a bit of space between them, whatever the appropriate distance turns out to be.

A lot of places including Brasil is using containers for living places, bars, clinics and so on. They are cheap when bought used ones, insulated, etc.

Actually… the 2x4, or “eight in whatever color” is the holy grail of lego. :))

Wish they would have mentioned how high they can stack them. Sometimes you only have a small area of land available, so you have to build up, can these be safely stacked 10 high? 50? How do elevators work with these when you start going more than a couple of levels up?

@zouroman

2 жыл бұрын

To have such tall buildings you need a strong foundation and an aerodynamic shape specially if it's a stand alone amongst shorter ones wich calls for more land ironically

@patmaloney5735

2 жыл бұрын

Your profile pic is the saddest thing. That poor kid

@MelioraCogito

2 жыл бұрын

A standard intermodal container is 2.44 m (8') wide × 12.19 m (40') long × 2.90 m (9'-6") high. The corner posts are typically 10 cm (4") tubular steel with the cross beams being of similar tubular steel size. While container ships can stack intermodal containers 10-12 levels high (dead loading), for human occupation you'd likely be limited to perhaps 8-10 floors to take into account "live loading" (human movement) within the building. Anything higher would likely require custom structural reinforcement and support. Vertical service plenums such as elevator shafts, stairways and HVAC/plumbing could easily be modularized to fit the modular structure itself. Then there's seismic and wind anchoring issues to deal with.

@Bryczqa

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelioraCogito those social containers are beign build for 15 years at least. All beams are open profiles made by cutting from flat sheet metal (laser/plasma) of thickness 3-6mm (depend of design and designation) then bend on press brakes - those are not closed rectangular/square beams. Stacking up i would say max 5 levels. Imho that long frames are not practical with assembling, better would be some shorter, length-to-width ratio should be 3:1, max 4:1

@tanujgarg792

2 жыл бұрын

@Ed nice thought about the elevator, but do you remember movie 'the baby' in the construction building the lift was temporary.. So lifts could be made in which a lego structure could be elevated.

As a home builder, I've dreamt of lego style modular construction for decades! This is far beyond what I've imagined! Great stuff! I'd still like a smaller scale module that 1 human could handle.

@elumiomerk4013

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea

@seanregehr4921

2 жыл бұрын

Even one person needs space to move about and not feel claustrophobic. But hey maybe all you need is a 1' x 1' x 6' standing rest/sleep chamber.

@ramsaybolton9151

2 жыл бұрын

As a human, I will say...no thanks.

@theobserver9131

2 жыл бұрын

@@ramsaybolton9151 you are free to do so.

@ramsaybolton9151

2 жыл бұрын

@@theobserver9131 until the government regulations get involved.

Something that wasn't mentioned in the video... what if you built a home and then decided to move. With this lego system you could literally take the house with you to your new location and then just reassemble it. this has amazing long term benefits!

@robertgdansk

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah...and the cost of moving it would probably be so high as half of a new house.

The lack of customization might lead towards its failure in residential homes, however I can see it being used in poorer countries like Africa for schools. Seeing entire cities made up of these bland bricks is unlikely but the manufacturers got the right idea of recyclable buildings.

@tunxlaw

2 жыл бұрын

There is no country called Africa

@murathankayhan2312

2 жыл бұрын

@@tunxlaw hmmm.. so you deleted the south africa ?

The video editing quality for this channel, I think, is the best I’ve ever seen.

I'm a structural engineer. While modular construction is interesting and has certainly captured a market, what the video fails to mention is there's a premium to modularity and what's been shown has significant limits; you can't just stack them indefinitely. What they have is a two-storey demountable classroom and that's fantastic, but let's not get carried away here.

@MrCalist3r

2 жыл бұрын

I am not a structural engineer. What is the premium that was never mentioned ? Also, why doubt multi story structures even though the video shows the sky scraper in china? Is your concern with the practicality of disassembling a structure of that scale? Just arguing for knowledges sake :)

@ElliotBlyth

2 жыл бұрын

But there are so many buildings that thrive as three stories -- especially building medium density in cities!

@catprog

2 жыл бұрын

Why is their a limit? They are designed to be put in place of a shipping container on a ship and they can stack very high.

@asifurrahamansajon8777

7 ай бұрын

I am also worried about the structural stability such as Earthquake and Wind load capacity. Why not try steel structures?

The production quality of these videos are sooo top notch! Keep up the great work!

The editing on this was exceptional. Well done editor.

Gotta love this channel/series! Let's make this happen!

I’m open to this being built.

@sumitrana2420

2 жыл бұрын

Wanna be built different?

@AksamRafiz

2 жыл бұрын

But I am not open to you being open to this being built.

@sumitrana2420

2 жыл бұрын

@@AksamRafiz ok. Cool

@boluwarin

2 жыл бұрын

@@AksamRafiz I'm not open to you not being open to him being open to this being built

This is a great premise. The only problem I can see with it is, a tornado or hurricane could probably uproot these things since they're removable.

@nntflow7058

3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure they don't just plop them on top of the ground without bolting them down to the ground. This modules would be perfect in the south where seasonal hurricanes and flooding occurred since they could just raised this modules up a few feet.

@nullpoint3346

3 жыл бұрын

We have screws, we can make bigger, stronger, longer screws until we hit the limit of the material itself. The problem isn't that they'll be picked up, it's that they'll be shredded. But that already happens with our existing low quality infrastructure. What does survive the storms gets demolished by contractors eventually.

@nullpoint3346

3 жыл бұрын

And yes, with design changes we can also bypass the material limit too, but that'll take a bit longer. Case in point, dynamic solids.

@pillager6190

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Utah. Winds? Not a big deal. Ground Movement? Significant. I'd like to know how they 'Stack Up' against that.

@Awlstarr_2

3 жыл бұрын

These modules will probably last as long as our crappy appliances

This is a pretty great idea, and a start in the right direction. In line with moveable buildings, I hope we also include plans for rehabilitation of the land where the buildings used to be on. Also, as a person living within the Pacific Ring of Fire where earthquakes happen often, I'm just wondering if these modular buildings can survive frequent earthquakes, and up to what magnitude they can withstand. Another thing I'm curious about is the material they use and how environment friendly the production of the frame is.

Just found your channel, but already in love with it

Freethink you make videos about things I'm already thinking about!

Wow this is amazing. Reminds me of Jacque Frescos building designs

There are small-scale versions of this idea posted on KZread. Two that impressed me were stacked container apartments. The one I preferred used setbacks in one end of the container, fully glassed, to make walled sunporches. Nifty. Doable! Not dreary!

@jaredgarbo3679

2 жыл бұрын

Which video?

Thankyou youtube algorithm, just found this channel and I'm hooked

This was predicted in “Ready Player One”

This is an awesome idea. This Hard Reset is definitely needed !

This channel deserves wayyyy more subscribers. Keep it up! Stellar content.

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, thanks so much! Really appreciate it :).

Love this concept… it is something that I have thought about too. To complete the story of green though, I would like to see manufacturing localized/onshored instead of shipping to the US for completion. But a very cool concept and I wish that everyone could start thinking more sustainably. 👍😃

Lots of water was used to make Concrete, Drywall, etc...this process may have ecological merit.

@nullpoint3346

3 жыл бұрын

Water is the ultimate recyclable in nature. Until it isn't.

@JamilKhan-hk1wl

2 жыл бұрын

@@nullpoint3346 need to find easy, cheap and quick way to desalinate sea water

The editing of your content is suuuuper nice. Netflix worthy.

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

hmmmm 😏

This whole concept reminds me of Chrushevka in the Soviet Union, where they build modular apartments in a few weeks, how that turned out, well you can come to eastern Europe and admire our beautiful cities. While I understand the benefits of this approach, people would not want to live in this almost dystopian environment.

@simondahl5437

2 жыл бұрын

The School looked pretty good...

@yeetdeets

2 жыл бұрын

I think you can make a more stylish facade on steel frames than on concrete blocks. Easier to hook stuff on it, and there is more space left after reaching structural integrity demands.

Free think, thank you for bringing this episode and I think I can use a prefab home and it is better than the conventional homes in a lot of ways. But doing would be very difficult in this hedonistic world where utility has lost its value and looks matter more.

@lukiocciola

9 ай бұрын

In what world do you live exactly? Most modern architecture looks bland, beauty is a thing of the past.

I like it. Modular external facades would be nice too, so that not every building looks the same.

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

For sure. It'd be neat if those were replaceable on site so you could update the facade over time to keep a modern appearance.

Just a reminder, China is the first country that started modular on big projects.

@luchadorito

2 жыл бұрын

Wasnt it the Soviet Union? Im not sure how we define “modular” but the way I see it Soviet block housing units are definietely prefab and probably modular.

With this amount of reuse it’s not only helping environmental but also costly hope it becomes mainstream within the construction industry

I think that as long as utilitarian components of many different businesses are considered, including the height necessary for warehouses (which this model does not support) or the width necessary for hospital halls to be able to transport patient beds and stretchers at high speeds, then perhaps a bigger model would be best if there is to be a standard model. Honestly, there could be a standard model for office space, hospital space, and warehouse space, with increasing sizes, respectively. Having three types would not muddy the waters too much at all, but might optimize the utility of these modular spaces.

Awesome video! Hopefully we see many more of these. Who does your music btw i like the outro scene's music

I like this. Not flashy, just very practical. The school district case study really sold it to me

It hits me when i realise how i've thought of things like this before without ever watching a video or seeing anything like this before. That shows that im on the right track

thank you for the inspiration! because of this video, i can have topic for my research thesis to identify the critical success factors of implmenting modular "lego" construction in my country

Love this! these don't just have to be rectangles you know. This is so cool!🤩

Just imagine sometime in the future they’re like “ight let’s move the entire neighborhood”

@ee214verilogtutorial2

2 жыл бұрын

In case of the upcoming natural disaster, that would be quite useful actually

@iamf6641

2 жыл бұрын

@@ee214verilogtutorial2 LIKE WHAT wildfire miles away coming to a neighborhood near you

@iamf6641

2 жыл бұрын

@@ee214verilogtutorial2 volcanoe becoming active

@iamf6641

2 жыл бұрын

@@ee214verilogtutorial2 war

@iamf6641

2 жыл бұрын

@@ee214verilogtutorial2 earthquake structural damage

LAUSD (Los Angeles) has a long history of using movable buildings. These were each generally 2 classrooms per building with a monoplane roof. They were trucked in complete, laid on the asphalt paving, and, though it didn't happen very often, could be and sometimes were taken out and trucked out to another school. They were called bungalows. When I was in elementary school, long, long ago, maybe a fourth of the classes were in bungalows.

I always get reminded of The Stacks in Ready Player One when I see this.

What about highways? How can we make modular highways??

@joostglas5631

3 жыл бұрын

uhmmm

@raptorpettingzoo5310

3 жыл бұрын

I would say trains and public transportation would be a better idea because they reduce space needed large interstates, parking lots, and driveway. But would a modular rail system for a low speed metro train be viable? Or would it be better to build a system of rails and roads with lots for prefab buildings.

@nala6846

2 жыл бұрын

America doesn't need any more highways.

u shld be having Millions of subs cause u have the best content

Lol@ playing the ferris beuller clip that immediately came to mind as soon as I heard "niiiine times". Nice brah

Imagine moving cities, that'd be awesome

What we forget is that these parts are only a percentage of total building materials - what about the insulation? Windows, Facade? Steel-Frame Containers also need to be substantially upgraded with different materials to reduce noise and condensation problems. Prefab works good with elements, these 3D Modules only work in special use-cases (i.e. we need 300 hotel rooms).

Absolutely brilliant. This is such an important technology. The world needs to adopt this asap.

this is actually one of the most brilliant concepts ive seen on this channel wtf

GREAT use of that Ferris Beuler line😄🙌🙌🙌

I love the editing.

When you have so many segments on rethinking streets and neighbourhoods and places being "Charming" is a key component to those plans... Then you have this video saying: "Not everything needs to be charming" Even within the same series you are contradicting yourself. I like the idea of modular buildings and think ICF etc is really cool, and what more people should move to. I also think reconfigurable spaces are important, but I am not sold on THIS particular implementation. You absolutely need more than one block. Look at every survival game and what happens when you add a few more blocks to the ecosystem.

Fascinating!!! Awesome concept!!! 👍

Brilliant! This was imagined decades ago (e.g. Alvin Toffler's 1970 book Future Shock). Took the world long enough to catch up.

@watch50er

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@aslanbayramuqlany6189

2 жыл бұрын

I think many people imagined it, including me

24/06/2021: Last night a seaside condo in the Miami Florida area partially collapsed. Many floors of concreate, including the residents, pancaked to the ground. It will take weeks to dig out the bodies. Maybe, we can build better.

Waste plumbing is the “challenge”, especially for reuse. Waste usually uses gravity, so drainpiping would require holes in floors, compromising structure; and what if “next” application doesn’t need waste line holes there? Cruise ship industry already builds ocean liners with prefab staterooms using vacuum waste lines, which can and do fail!

I absolutely LOVE this!!!

FOBS forward operating bases need this sort of modularity just in case you need it for mess halls, communications, storage, sleeping quarters, hangers

what about rust, and structural fatigue? Every time you take it apart and put it back together it will get weaker, how hard is it to maintain?

How do they handle cold weather & heavy snow loads?

This makes so much sense.

Now, this is a "reset" I can get behind.

lego is is a GEM (no doubt) ,, but the flow of the vedio was amazing,,,, was hooked up till the end,, with that piano tone and that lovely voice

This was REALLY COOL!

What is the cost of assembling 4 modules?

Soon we can do this in just 24 hours or less rather then 12 days. House construction will see a lot of innovations in the coming years, prefab, and 3d printing. And believe me, character for a structure of a house or building is still important, it has to look apart rather then looking all the same.

Wow you just gave me a dissertation idea

If this way of construction is cheaper than traditional, It will become popular

Woah this is really awesome

I would love to see this make residential construction and add ons more affordable for those people who don't have a lot of money but need more space.

This video made me subscribe.

will it be good against earth quake,can there be change in level if ground is too moist,will the audible be too much inside those modular i wonder

Nothing beats a well insulated 9 inch first class brick wall buddy

Ideally, children could become more enlightened in beautiful "not boxy" architecture that is inspiring.

It's nice to see some innovation in this area

I have to admit, if you can disassemble them enough, you can recycle them/repurpose them easily too. Although, since I live in an area where I would rather live in an old stone building for thermal/insulation reasons, i think my area should build permanent buildings (and not modular) with "historical looking" facades that can be modular inside, as in... non specific construction, allowing businesses to swap and renters/owners to replace businesses.

The death of style and design. A world of plain rectangles

the soundtrack 🙌🙌🙌 who’s the composer, must know?!

Love these!

Well, how do you do the foundation?

So Cool,good clever thinking.But will they cost a lot less to build than normal building same size?

How many stories high can this system build safely? How well does it hold up to severe weather?

The first question I had was about the plumbing. I've only seen this type of modular innovation in homes. I don't have a problem with any of this. It's just crazy that this type of structure exists. I wonder if this metal box would work in Arizona. Hmmm...

@purevsurenbyamba6105

2 жыл бұрын

Coat them in ultra reflective material Theres very effective and cheap white paints out there

Does anyone know the cost of an imod frame 🤔 Because I can think of a few ways to make my city better Because there are lots of abandoned buildings I'm just wondering

It would be nice for many people to learn about modular housing.

wow this videos are addicting I cant stop watching

@freethink

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you are enjoying! We'll be releasing new episodes of Hard Reset every other Saturday

This concept existed even before lego (not identical but there) of using simple cheap adaptable buildings to facilitate city development. This method has even more potential as now you can go vertical and change location. Frankly its about time we got here as this is a great reuse of obsolete poorly planned megastructures and will prevent future waste which we need desperately both in terms of concrete scarcity and climate change not to mention making construction so much easier which was a long overdue improvement too. Cities cannot be inert- thriving cities since ancient history were not inert though the people couldn’t pick up block buildings they tailored the layout and use of them to achieve the next best thing while balancing conflicting needs and staying cautiously flexible for the unforeseen because humans are awful at predicting the future.

modular prefabricated buildings are future of clean eco friendly world

The roof would need to be modified for noise, but that seems really good.

I wonder how much it costs to manufacture these and also this is revolutionary for us this is incredible I wonder if they’ll make more shapes with the LEGOS

This makes so much sense

lets not forget that modular and made to gauge and assembly line is what made ford a world leader in cars in the first half of the last century. simpler the standardization, greater the opportunity .

Imagine coming home to your whole house taken apart

Great work

Althought i dont like square buildings, this is remarkable technology that will be extremely useful, quick construction is the ultimate technology for growth.

what about the foundation of the building, can they stabilize those "lego"? What if a storm come in and the building is not strong enough on the top? How can they relocate the foundation? Foudation is what make building rigid and stand against storms and disasters, do imod have preparation about that?