Developing a design framework for the mass customisation of housing in Saudi Arabia: a critical review.

Abdulmajeed, Abdulwahab; Agkathidis, Asterios; Dounas, Theo; Lombardi, Davide

Abstract

This paper explores the suitability of mass customisation (MC) technologies and techniques in order to provide affordable housing solutions for Saudi Arabia. In particular, the paper analyses ten articles filtered through 1.165 publications searched by using the keywords 'mass customisation housing or off-site construction' in the databases Scopus, CumlnCAD, ScienceDirect, and Engineer village and categorised them based on their suitability for the Saudi Arabian context. Our findings include a comparative analysis chart evaluating workflows, tools and technologies on their suitability for the MC design and an MC workflow proposal for including parametric design and digital fabrication tools and techniques.

Citation

ABDULMAJEED, A., AGKATHIDIS, A., DOUNAS, T. and LOMBARDI, D. 2023. Developing a design framework for the mass customisation of housing in Saudi Arabia: a critical review. Architecture and planning journal [online], 28(3): proceedings of the 10th International conference of the Arab Society for Computation in Architecture, Art and Design 2022 (ASCAAD 2022): hybrid spaces of the metaverse: architecture in the age of the metaverse: opportunities and potentials, 12-14 October 2022, [virtual event], article 32. Available from: https://doi.org/10.54729/2789-8547.1227

• Journal Article Type: Conference Paper
• Conference Name: 10th International conference of the Arab Society for Computation in Architecture, Art and Design 2022 (ASCAAD 2022): hybrid spaces of the metaverse: architecture in the age of the metaverse: opportunities and potentials
• Conference Location: [virtual event]
• Acceptance Date: Sep 3, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Mar 31, 2023
• Publication Date: Mar 31, 2023
• Deposit Date: May 16, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 27, 2023
• Journal: Architecture and planning journal
• Print ISSN: 2079-4096
• Electronic ISSN: 2789-8547
• Publisher: Beirut Arab University
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 3
• Article Number: 32
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.54729/2789-8547.1227
• Keywords: Mass customisation; Housing; Off-site manufacturing; Client involvement
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1965697