Tan, Tan;
Mills, Grant;
Papadonikolaki, Eleni;
Li, Baofeng;
Huang, Jing;
(2023)
Digital-enabled Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) in offsite construction: A modularity perspective for the product and process integration.
Architectural Engineering and Design Management
, 19
(3)
pp. 267-282.
10.1080/17452007.2022.2104208.
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Abstract
This study aims to use modularity to impact various facets of Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) and explore the relationship between product modularity, process modularity, and DfMA within the context of Offsite Construction (OSC). The study fills this gap through an exploratory single case study by identifying perceptual measures of these three concepts. The study shows the alignment between multi-dimensionality of modularity, such as product modularity and process modularity, enhances the capability of DfMA. From a modularity perspective, the reconfiguration of abstraction, information hiding, and interface is an essential strategy to change the traditional design process. This reconfiguration is to adapt to the new scenarios brought by OSC and digital fabrication technologies and the new design tasks associated with these scenarios. This study has theoretical implications for the modular approach to DfMA and practical implications for those who expect digital fabrication techniques in offsite construction.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Digital-enabled Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) in offsite construction: A modularity perspective for the product and process integration |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17452007.2022.2104208 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2022.2104208 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
| Keywords: | Product modularity, process modularity, design for manufacture and assembly, design innovation, modular construction |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10154601 |
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