Construction modulaireOn appelle construction modulaire une construction déterminée par un module (voir cette notion): une organisation de la construction de bâtiment ou de la construction navale (plus généralement la construction mécanique), consistant à assembler des éléments préfabriqués selon un gabarit de coordination standard (le module).
Prefabricated homePrefabricated homes, often referred to as prefab homes or simply prefabs, are specialist dwelling types of prefabricated building, which are manufactured off-site in advance, usually in standard sections that can be easily shipped and assembled. Some current prefab home designs include architectural details inspired by postmodernism or futurist architecture. "Prefabricated" may refer to buildings built in components (e.g. panels), modules (modular homes) or transportable sections (manufactured homes), and may also be used to refer to mobile homes, i.
Affordable housingAffordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a household income at or below the median as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index. Most of the literature on affordable housing refers to mortgages and a number of forms that exist along a continuum – from emergency homeless shelters, to transitional housing, to non-market rental (also known as social or subsidized housing), to formal and informal rental, indigenous housing, and ending with affordable home ownership.
PréfabricationLa préfabrication est une technique de construction qui consiste à fabriquer à l'écart de l'ouvrage les éléments constitutifs, puis à les assembler sur le site de l'ouvrage pour le former. Ceci s'applique généralement à des éléments répétitifs et/ou complexes, comme des maisons ou des immeubles (HLM notamment). La préfabrication « ouverte » est la fabrication d'éléments standards devant s'assembler à d'autres. La préfabrication « fermée » est la fabrication des sous-ensembles les uns en fonction des autres pour faire le bâtiment dans sa totalité.
