MOD X ™ is deeply committed to bridging the gap between theory and practice. Our academic research informs and is in turn informed by our active participation in the evolving the international offsite construction industry.
Offsite Construction for Housing: Research Roadmap
Research priorities are identified for six topical areas: Regulatory Framework; Standards and System Performance; Capital, Finance, and Insurance; Project Delivery and Contracts; Labor and Workforce Training and Management; and Business Models and Economic Performance.
Modularization Precedes Digitalization in Offsite Housing Delivery
A conceptual model that nests digitalization within three other frames—the contextual frame, the business platform frame, and the product platform frame.
Mass Timber Modular
Article that addresses the growing theory and practice of mass timber panelized and volumetric modular, product platforms, and housing. A catalog of current mass timber modular prototoypes and projects is included with links.
5 in 5 Modular Growth Initiative: research roadmap recommendations
This research uncovers the obstacles to modular growth in North America and recommends a roadmap for modular to grow to 5% of the construction market in 5 years.
Prefab Architecture: A Guide to Modular Design and Construction
Written for architects and related design and construction professionals, Prefab Architecture is a guide to off-site construction, presenting the opportunities and challenges associated with designing and building with components, panels, and modules.
Offsite Architecture: constructing the future
Offsite Architecture establishes the current – and future – state of thinking in this field. A range of the most highly regarded thinkers and practitioners from around the globe share their ideas and practical findings on offsite prefabrication, examining theory and practice, opportunities and challenges, successes and failures.
Prefab Housing and the Future of Building: process and product
International housing affordability crises, emerging technologies, and concerns for more sustainable building practices have given a new urgency to the need to transform building construction in the 21st century.
Offsite Production and Manufacturing for Innovative Construction: people process and technology
Content includes a balance between case studies and practice-based work, through to technical topics, theoretical propositions, pioneering research and future offsite opportunities ready for exploitation.
Building Systems: design technology society
We can no longer view building components as artifacts (a brick or a boiler) or as autonomous systems (air conditioning or prefabrication). Rather these components and systems are part of much larger systems of which architects are one agent.
Permanent Modular Construction: process practice performance
This first report to quantify the cost and schedule savings of modular construction compared to traditional site built with lessons learned included from 18 case studies.
Solid Timber Construction: process practice performance
This report collected data on 17 mass timber projects globally and compared the cost and schedule performance to site built construction
Mass Customization and Design Democratization
The book examines what mass customization means for architecture and the building industry and investigates its impact on the sector’s most commoditized enterprise – suburban housing.
Off-site Construction Industry Survey
This survey builds upon the 2014 precedent outlining the opportunities and challenges associated with off-site construction in the U.S.
Off-site Construction Industry Survey of Software Usage
This survey presents the state of software adoption and utilization in the off-site construction industry in the U.S.
Mass Timber: an introduction to solid laminate timber systems
This book outlines the products and processes of mass timber construction with key case studies included. MOD X contributed to this text authored by Robert Hairstans in the UK.
Offsite Hub Scotland
This article presents a framework for establishing offsite construction knowledge communities regionally.
Production - Journal of Architectural Education 71:1
This issue was edited by MOD X and presents articles and interviews on architectural production and prefabrication.
Product Review for Connect Homes
This article reviews Connect Homes prefabricated housing system.
Industrialized Wood Construction
This special journal issue is two part on light wood frame and mass timber contemporary research.
Prefab Architecture in Korean
Prefab Architecture was translated into the Korean language in 2018.
OFFSITE: theory and practice of architectural production
This is the proceedings of the ACSA 2012 Fall Conference on offsite production.
Developing Timber Volume Calculators
This article presents timber volume calculators that can be used to quantify the volume of wood used in platform frame panelized, modular and site built construction.
Leading Collaborative Architectural Practice
This is a book focused on the the behavioral tactics associated with leading integrated project delivery teams and managing firms through collaborative leadership.
Homework Conference Proceedings
Proceedings of the Homework conference, April 2009.
MASS. Modular
This research booklet was generated by MOD X and a team of graduate students at Northeastern University in Fall 2016.
MASS. Production
This research booklet was generated by MOD X and a team of graduate students at Northeastern University in Fall 2014.
Homework
This research booklet was generated by MOD X and a team of graduate students at Northeastern University in Fall 2010.