Stackable modules: our process.

What do stackable shipping crates have to do with our process? they have the capacity to stack, and thereby create a second floor, which is what we have expressed interest in. Third and fourth floors are possible if the building codes allow...more on this later. their adaptable nature and overall block-like abilities make them ideal for creating a logical arrangement of interconnecting modules.

If we adopted a similar structural system, we could stack modules efficiently. The inherent challenge of stacking however, is A) how to do it economically and B) how to accomodate A.D.A (building codes that regulate how handicap persons will enter the building).

Accordingly, we'd have to attach a single mechanical chair lift to get person to the second floor. Those things cost tens of thousands. Its not cost effective to serve only 1 upper classroom. but what if it served multiple? What if accounted for structural adaptations and made a lift serve multiple 2nd story modules. It would make CONCEPTUAL SENSE that we account for more modules, say two more---stacked next to the originals. I think only THENan inexpensive elevator/ chair lift would make sense. Shipping crates are a useful modular structures that we should learn from and allow to influence our process because they are cost-effective in that they are mass produced, utilize space efficiently and they interconnect and can be arranged. If we consider a structural system similar to that of a shipping crate, we could stack efficiently.