A. It's certainly our hope that we will build a modular building.
Currently, the tallest modular building is a 25-story dormitory in Britain.
This would be the tallest modular building in the world at 32 stories.
The Modular Building Institute, an industry group, says an average of 29percentt of the commercial modular building market in 2002 to 2006 was for educational uses, but it does not break out college-level uses.
Many people who might remain unconvinced by modular building will still agree with Hand's criticism of the status quo.
In an implementation plan for these Seasteading cities [pdf], the Dutch engineering firm DeltaSync has proposed a modular building strategy.
They're doing it as a modular building, so they're potentially transforming the way that buildings are built in the city.
Roominate kits include modular building pieces in colors like fuchsia and teal that can be assembled into dollhouses and other structures and wired to light up or move.
"Our facility was built in the mid-1920's, and we've added a modular building, and still we're tight for space," said the principal, Joyce Fonollosa.
Kindergarten and first graders occupy a 1928 school building, and second through sixth graders are housed in a 10-room modular building.
These are not the flimsy wooden buildings that were the hallmark of the first generation of modular building, but hardier steel and concrete structures.
