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1. (stative) hasten, speed up. 2. (stative) be swift, speedy, quick. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wiki#Hawaiian
That begs the question, in what way are they speeding it up?
Great idea, to design a house nowadays means you need to do a lot more mandatory calculations. For example a wooden beam between insulation has to be calculated, where a few years ago we could pretend they did not exist. Builders are now switching to some sort of engineered beams (two square beams connected with board). To offer this work in the public domain could reduce the cost significantly. However, watching the…
Looks mostly UK based from the projects section.
One thing caught my attention. Cost: £2,540 - £2,950 per m².
This looks cool, I'm just wondering if something like this would pass a building inspection in the US?
Hi, architect here. Wikihouse has been chasing many of the dragons we've been collectively chasing in AEC[0] for... a long time. Seriously I wish I had time to reply to every single comment here because there are a lot of excellent critiques (not just of WH). It shows what kind of communication problem we have in AEC that even the critiques that HAVE good answers within their weelhouse aren't adequately addressed by…
This looks cool, I'm just wondering if something like this would pass a building inspection in the US?
[1] Step 3 here: https://www.wikihouse.cc/process
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Or perhaps if you're prioritizing things other than maximally efficient use of materials? It seems like they're prioritizing standardization, especially of methods, more than almost anything else. AFAICT we have far more excess material than excess labor, so it doesn't seem particularly crazy to me?
“It is freezing honey” “I know dear, but the house was built efficiently”
Seems pretty expensive to make everything out of pure plywood. Does anyone have a sense of how cost compares to 2x4's plus drywall? I assume either construction method will need exterior cladding and insulation.
You're correct - but wait until you meet their other friend "milling the panels." Doing it out of plywood is one increased level of expense and difficulty - machine and operator time is an exponential multiplier. Think about it - you're taking a system that could be a guy with a table saw ripping a piece of ply in a minute tops and turning it in to a guy standing and watching a mill run through a piece of ply in who…
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In a stick built house you're paying a lot of labor. Material prices are not that much. For example, the material list for a 3 bedroom house is 130k. https://www.menards.com/main/building-materials/books-buildi... Say the land is 130k in your region. You won't find 3b houses for less than 360k. If you're looking at not so cheap builders, it will be 500k. I think there's a revolution coming in the way we build houses,…
For stick frame houses, around 10-15% of the cost is framing. Finishes account for the bulk of the cost.
Can I build a 6-story, multi-family, point access block apartment building with this system?