Honey-Comb Homes
I recently finished a pro-bono project that involved 3D Modeling of a relocation site for flood-affected villages in North Karnataka, India. The project piqued my curiosity because it involved construction using honey-comb panel composites, a material that I have been investigating for use in my furniture.
The company had recently received a contract to build 500 small homes for this relocation site, and included infrastructure like a school, a hospital and recreational spots in and around the village. They had roped in some architectural and civil engineering talent from Sweden and planned to build all the homes using cement-drywall-paper honeycomb composite panel. The unit cost per home was estimated to be approximately Rs. 2,00,000 (USD $4000) and could be constructed using prefabricated panels, cranes and erectors in 2 days. If the government promised a larger number of homes, then the costs could be spread out and brought down to Rs. 1,00,000 (USD 2000) per home.
I used Google SketchUp and AutoCAD to complete the project.
