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Modular Fab Tower
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Modular Fab Tower

Diagrams from Richard Rogers' Zip-Up House as the basis for proposing modular units that can be zipped together for FVDCDiagrams from Richard Rogers' Zip-Up House as the basis for proposing modular units that can be zipped together for FVDCDiagrams from Richard Rogers' Zip-Up House as the basis for proposing modular units that can be zipped together for FVDCDiagrams from Richard Rogers' Zip-Up House as the basis for proposing modular units that can be zipped together for FVDC
Diagrams from Richard Rogers' Zip-Up House as the basis for proposing modular units that can be zipped together for FVDC

Using the system of neoprene zippers proposed for Richard Rogers’ ‘Zip-Up House’,the volumetric components will be zippered together with a waterproof and reversible bond. Housing components can be swapped out by simply reversing the process.

Diagrams from Richard Rogers' Zip-Up House as the basis for proposing modular units that can be zipped together for FVDC

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