3 Pillars of Happy Home’s Innovative Construction System
1
Mass-Timber Building Blocks
Happy Homes uses mass-timber construction elements which are manufactured by binding boards of wood together. These wood-based products are renewable and lock in carbon from atmosphere.
2
Circular Construction Logic
Happy Homes adopts a circular construction approach based on a standard set of building blocks. This standardization means that building materials can be recovered and reused at the end of a building’s lifecycle.
3
Offsite Mass-Production
Onsite construction is wasteful, error-prone and labor-intensive. Happy Home’s building blocks are instead produced in optimal factory conditions. This ensures consistent quality and lower costs due to mass-production.
FAQs
Are wooden houses fire-resistant?
Until recently, using wood-based structural materials was prohibited in the mid- and high-rise buildings, mainly due to fire concerns. But a wide range of fire tests have proven that mass-timber products have great fire resistance as they burn predictably and form an insulating char layer. As a result, building codes now allow for the use of mass-timber products even in high-rise buildings.
How can Happy Homes construct different buildings with the same building system?
The cornerstone of Happy Homes is its flexible and scalable building system which enables the standardization of building elements and their industrial production. The standardized components (posts, beams, wall panels, etc.) are produced independent of each project but can be combined in a variety of ways to struct different building types and layouts.
Is Happy Home truly sustainable ?
Happy Homes uses mass-timber products which are manufactured by binding boards of wood together. These wood-based products are renewable and lock in carbon from atmosphere. Moreover, Happy Homes adopts a circular construction approach based on a standard set of building blocks. This standardization means that building materials can be recovered and reused at the end of a building’s life cycle, creating a truly and completely circular construction system.