DEMOUNTABLE AND INTERCHANGEABLE CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM: R. M. SCHINDLER’S PANEL POST CONSTRUCTION

초록

Architects as well as manufacturers have proposed numerous researches and experimentation of demountable and interchangeable construction system for the development of sustainable housing. Many alternatives have been proposed with the capability of being adjusted to the change of circumstances and technologies. The components are designed for being erected, disassembled, shipped, re-erected, and reused without special tools and waste. This approach definitely encourages the move towards an environmentally just and sustainable future. Among other projects, Rudolph M. Schindler’s Schindler Shelters, his designs for low-cost, mass-producible housing, stands out the most within the above subject. This project illustrates Schindler’s long-time interest in flexible design strategies and integrated construction systems which underpin his Space Architecture. In the Shelter project, systematic design strategies were used to achieve flexible layouts for mass-produced dwellings. The Panel-Post construction system was developed as a means of achieving this goal; this system uses unit components and allows for interchangeable assembly of its parts. This article reconstructs the archival material related to the project by analyzing housing layout variations to reveal the underlying logic of Schindler’s scheme, and by fabricating scaled models to simulate the construction process.