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January 2, 2012
Best of '11: World's Tallest Prefab Building Proposed
Construction Digital
This "best of" list includes yet another example of how the best things about Atlantic Yards (affordable housing, public open space, etc.) are those that have been proposed, but never accomplished.
Prefab buildings are making a comeback in a big way – and in Atlantic Yards, a really big way.
A proposed residential complex towering 32 stories would be the world’s tallest prefab structure in the world upon its completion in 2013. Designed by SHoP and engineered by Arup, the towers would surround the planned site for the new Barclays Center.
Prefab has long been avoided for projects over a few stories because of a lack of cross-bracing supports that allow towers to sustain the high winds and increased loads of vertical building. Designers hope to overcome these limitations with more than 900 steel chassis modules mounted on a system of steel frames, with all the connections on the exterior of the structures.
Posted by steve at January 2, 2012 3:39 PM