02 Design
Co-create, with architecture and manufacturing partners, a product platform of interchangeable modules for scalable new infill, retrofit, and homeowner stabilization.
A product platform is a family of standard parts that fit together in many ways. BMOD’s goal is one platform that works across the region: for new homes on cleared lots, for vacant rowhouses, and for homes where the owners already live. BMOD’s standards will align with the future NIBS–MOD X Housing System Certification Program once it exists.
Outcomes we are working toward
Pilot-ready standard unit configurations, new and retrofit, based on a product platform
Common existing conditions interface design
Local supplier & fabricator integration strategies
Digital twin optimization for continual improvement
1D, 2D and 3D
Offsite construction systems are grouped by how much of the structure is made in the factory: a kit of parts (1D), panels (2D) or volumetric modules (3D).
BMOD’s product platform aims to combine all three, so the same parts can fit new infill and the rowhouses Baltimore already has.
How the platform improves
We refine the platform in a loop that repeats with each project, using what end users and each site teach us:
Conceptual design from contextual inputs
Module (sub-assembly) design
Research and refine module suppliers
Refine modules based on supply-chain data
Refine the end-product design based on module revisions
Design and engineering services
BMOD does not provide architecture or engineering services itself.
On your project
Pairing offsite with onsite. BMOD offers a project’s team a design strategy for pairing what is made offsite with what is built onsite, including recommended interfaces with the existing conditions of each house and lot; suggestions from BMOD’s future list of vetted manufacturers and design professionals for the owner to consider; BMOD’s standardized designs, where appropriate to the project, developed with architecture and manufacturing partners; and guidance on design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA) throughout the project. BMOD advises the owner when licensed professionals are needed.
Who should get in touch
Architects, engineers and builders; manufacturers and fabricators; and researchers working on housing retrofit.