**3. Results and discussion**

#### **3.1 Design options**

### *3.1.1 Architecture*

To meet different scenarios depending on each eventual situation, three families of home projects were considered based on easy module design, environmentally friendly materials, and urgency in construction:


• Family C: This single storey residential module 2C was designed for moderate horizontal loads, aiming at the context of earthquakes and hurricanes. This family module will not be included in this chapter, but is addressed in detail in [11, 17, 18]. Liquefaction mitigation was analysed using earthquake drains as a low-cost solution [19].

Based on light horizontal load scenarios, two health clinic modules, six school modules, and four home modules were planned based on the SHS project directives:

	- Module 1 contains patients' reception/waiting room area, pharmacy, washrooms, three medical offices and a dental surgery;
	- Module 2 has reception, restrooms, child emergency care area, area for dressings, sutures, and nebulisation, as well as two medical offices.
	- Module 1 contains restrooms and two classrooms with capacity for 42 students;
	- A library, restrooms, kitchen, cafeteria and teachers' room can be found in Module 2;
	- Module 3 has restrooms, administration and computer areas;
	- A nursery area, bathrooms with shower and nursery can be found in Module 4;

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**Figure 3.**

*(a) to (f) School modules 1 to 6, respectively. Source: [20].*

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kitchen and covered patio area for recreation;

students, can be found in Module 6.

○ Module 5 contains an auditorium with 42-seating capacity, restrooms,

• Residential modules (**Figure 4**; see Videos 3–6, Video 3 can be viewed at

○ Restrooms and two classrooms for group work, each with a capacity for 32

https://youtu.be/BgfojYVUTT0; Video 4 can be viewed at https://youtu.be/51 diapmCwE; Video 5 can be viewed at https://youtu.be/ZMXMYRVCb\_4; Video 6 can be viewed at https://youtu.be/od1HyQq8vC0): It begins with an elementary module (embryo 1, with living room, kitchen, bathroom, laundry area) with the capacity to temporarily house a family of four or less in projects with substantial cost restrictions. Embryo 2 has a horizontal expansion of embryo 1

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**Figure 2.** *(a) Health module 1. (b) Health module 2. Source: [20].*

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autonomous unit with an area of about 92m<sup>2</sup>

rooms, three medical offices and a dental surgery;

low-cost solution [19].

adaptable health clinics:

autonomous unit around 92m<sup>2</sup>

*(a) Health module 1. (b) Health module 2. Source: [20].*

schools:

students;

Module 2;

Module 4;

• Family C: This single storey residential module 2C was designed for moderate horizontal loads, aiming at the context of earthquakes and hurricanes. This family module will not be included in this chapter, but is addressed in detail in [11, 17, 18]. Liquefaction mitigation was analysed using earthquake drains as a

Based on light horizontal load scenarios, two health clinic modules, six school modules, and four home modules were planned based on the SHS project directives:

• Health modules (**Figure 2**; see Video 1, Video 1 can be viewed at https://youtu. be/PGMr2FmfTxQ ): Each health module was designed to function as an

units. The community can annex different health modules and thus build

○ Module 2 has reception, restrooms, child emergency care area, area for dressings, sutures, and nebulisation, as well as two medical offices.

• School modules (**Figure 3**; see Video 2, Video 2 can be viewed at https://

youtu.be/Q5gZLSOF4lE): Each school module was designed to function as an

that the community can combine school modules and thus build adaptable

○ A library, restrooms, kitchen, cafeteria and teachers' room can be found in

○ Module 1 contains restrooms and two classrooms with capacity for 42

○ A nursery area, bathrooms with shower and nursery can be found in

○ Module 3 has restrooms, administration and computer areas;

○ Module 1 contains patients' reception/waiting room area, pharmacy, wash-

, but in conjunction with other

in area, but in conjunction with other units so

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**Figure 2.**


**Figure 3.** *(a) to (f) School modules 1 to 6, respectively. Source: [20].*

#### **Figure 4.**

*Expanding possibilities for residential modules from embryo 1. (a) Internal view of embryo 1 (see Video 3). (b) External view of embryo 1. (c) Vertical expansion of embryo 1 to embryo 3 (see Video 4). (d) Lateral expansion of embryo 1 to embryo 2 (see Video 5). (e) Vertical enlargement of embryo 2 to embryo 4 (see Video 6). Source: [21].*

(plus two bedrooms) and can house a family of six or less. Embryo 3 consists of vertical expansion of embryo 2 (embryo 1 plus two bedrooms) in situations with space restrictions on the building site. Embryo 4 consists of a vertical enlargement of embryo 2, in order to accommodate two families.
