The Adaptive Integrated Module project, developed as part of the RBC Petersburg foresight “Petersburg-2026: space of utopia and pragmatics” and took first place there, recently won the “Most Innovative Project” nomination of the WSBE17 youth competition (World Sustainable Built Environment Conference). The authorship belongs to a team from St. Petersburg, consisting of young architects (Alena Amelkovich, Marsel Gimnazdinov, Anastasia Elizarova, Anna Kutilina, Alexey Lavrukhin, Ivan Mylnikov, Vasily Potapov), engineers (Semyon Bondarenko, Daria Likhaya) and a programmer (Artyom Kuleshov); This group of designers was led by the head of the Vitruvius and Sons workshop, Sergei Padalko.
In the future, according to the architectural utopia Adaptive Integrated Module, ready-made modules will be used as building units. By default, each block will have built-in "smart" communications, fire alarm, garbage collection and recycling complex, and a security system. If you wish, you can choose additional options: an automatic room cleaning system, a "food wire", a personal 3D printer, as well as modules with a nanny function, a church and even a prison. The authors of the project promise that the range will increase in proportion to the development of existing and the emergence of new technologies.
Buildings constructed from such "cubes" can be transported to a new location if necessary. This is a rather weighty argument "for": according to the opinion poll conducted by the team, the first thing that stops homeowners from moving is the need to leave a home furnished to their liking. This is how almost half of the respondents explained their unwillingness to move to a new home.
Visual diversity will provide variability in the arrangement of blocks relative to each other. Other advantages of semi-finished bricks include the use of recycled materials and relative cheapness. The price per square meter will be lower than in conventional housing, the creators of the Adaptive Integrated Module promise. And the project pays off faster. The total cost of a complex for 100 residential modules is approximately 76 million rubles, a detailed estimate for the construction of one module can be found at the end of our publication.
“Even at the project stage, we create a common decentralized network, and cells are devices for analysis, storage, transmission of data, which together form adaptive intelligence. Through architecture, we propose a new type of world order, a different reality. Cells are the outer part of the project, so to speak, for architects, while the inner part is much deeper and more interesting,”explains one of the team members Marcel Gimnazdinov. Using several scenarios as examples, architects show where exactly Adaptive Integrated Modules can be used:
Module "Super"
Due to the high cost and lack of land in the center of St. Petersburg, the architects propose to move part of the residential development to the water area of the Neva. Each module with dimensions of 3.3 x 3.3 x 3.3 m is equipped with the necessary infrastructure, while some of the premises may be below the water level. The structure is capable of moving through water at a speed of 5.5 km / h.
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Patch module
It is proposed to patch up vacant lots in the historical part of the city and industrial districts. It will come in handy in cases where it is either impractical or prohibited by law to demolish the entire block and build something new, and leaving the thinned out building as it is means dooming it to complete disappearance. The size of each module is selected individually.
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Module "Fort"
Designed specifically for Kotlin Island. In 2020-2025, the authorities of St. Petersburg are planning to reclaim new territories there, and a team of young architects proposes to form a network of residential buildings at the eastern end of the newly formed lands that looks like a tree from above. The "trunk" will be a road with "branches" extending from it, which in turn end with "leaves" - forts. Each fort is made up of several modules and is a two-level building with shops, cafes, pharmacies, and possibly kindergartens on the ground floors and living areas on the upper ones.
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Module "Villa"
The scenario has two goals: de-compacting the city center and moving to a greener location. Each floor of a high-rise villa is a gardening facility with its own house, while the plots are located not horizontally, but vertically. Glass partitions, coupled with a climate control system, will create any climatic conditions, from subtropical to polar. The design is based on a 9 x 9 x 9 m module with a timber frame. The core of the rigidity is formed by the lift unit for cars.
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Skyscraper module
Thanks to the development of air transport and the abandonment of ground communications, humanity will be able to afford to live in the most remote parts of the planet. With the help of Adaptive Integrated Modules, entire vertical cities will grow on unclaimed lands. Modules 6.6 x 6.6 x 6.6 m can be built into the blank frame upon request.
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Module "Martian"
The upcoming colonization of Mars will require housing for settlers, and the Adaptive Integrated Module can optimally solve this problem. Since sending materials and equipment from Earth will require colossal investments, it is proposed to build houses from local materials using 3D printing technology. The modules will produce some components necessary for living: from the atmosphere of Mars - nitrogen and argon, from wet waste - non-potable water, and the heat generated by humans and electrical appliances will be directed to maintain the optimal temperature in the residential modules.
