Examples of Plug and Play Houses

The building system on these pages is a commercially available building system, which has a lot of plug and play features.

The name of the system is AXALL.

The AXALL system does not use cement or other glue-like materials. In fact the only two liquids involved in the next building were paint and water for the wall-paper. And in the next buildings these can be eliminated too. By using aluminium door and window frames and self sticking wall paper (a new Dutch invention).

The wiring and ducting in the next example is still standard. But because it is installed in a double floor, it is accessible.

We will now follow the steps necessary to build a day care center. This building was build in Monster, Holland.

Computer rendering of the building.

The foundation consists of precast concrete elements. Even though the ground in this part of Holland usually needs a pole foundation, this type of foundation was not necessary. The building is very light weight. It stands on concrete blocks. The blocks have been placed very precise by using laser equipment.

The floor elements of precast concrete are places without mortar. The space between them is filled with a rubber "sausage".

Steel uprights are placed and bolted in place.

Window and door frames are placed.

Walls are formed of patented sandwich elements that consist of a polyurethane kernel with fiber reinforced cement based cladding.

Elements are simply stacked. The joint between elements is watertight.

Because the steel frame is inside the elements, this construction is fireproof.

The upper part of the uprights is connected by steel C-profiles.

The surface of the elements can be cast in different form.

The lower part of the wall has a block-pattern.

The outer view of the wall.

Most of the ducting lays on the floor. On top of this comes a second, floating floor.

Some pictures of the finished building.

Side view.

All interior paneling on outer walls is fitted with Velcro.

The day care people like the building.