The current housing market in South Korea reflects a need for spatial diversity and user-centered design strategies. Demographic changes and shifts in housing culture, along with a growth of building technologies have created a unique opportunity to further explore the true potential of modular design as a flexible, user-centered design method. This study tests the potential diversity of spatial conditions that can be created through a modular design method. Divided into two parts, the first portion of the study works to develop a definition of contemporary modularity based on studies of previous modular design methods. From the conceptual understanding of modules as described by Le Corbusier in The Modulor to the avant-garde explorations of modular urban systems in Archigram;;s Plug-in City, the theoretical premise of the study has its roots in previous experimentations in modular approaches. The second half of the study is a series of experiments in designing a series of one-room housing typologies for a high-density urban environment using three different modular design methods. Firstly, the Kit-of-parts Method uses prefabricated programmatic modules which are selected by the users and composed as a unique floor plan. The Division Method uses spatial modules derived from dividing a given predefined area which are then rearranged and assigned program to fit the lifestyle of the user. Finally, the Compound Method is a hybrid of the previously mentioned design methods, using prefabricated spatial modules which are adjusted to fit the needs of the individual user. Each method has a unique modular language, as well as a different interpretation of modules, that test the potential flexibility and adaptability of spatial configurations of the one-room housing type. These methods looks at buildings from the inside out, analyzing user lifestyles to inform the final spatial form and organization. Testing the different modular methods reveals the potential for creating non-rectilinear forms while maintaining the simplicity of a modular design. With newer building technologies, such as 3D printing or computerized numerical control (CNC) it has become easier to mass-produce customized structures, thereby giving a new life to modular design methods. These advancements have created a new foundation which allow for the flexibility of modules to become more feasible in modern day construction. Therefore, the limitations of the modular method were not in the spatial forms, but in the technologies that allow for such developments of form.Contemporary design culture provides a set of socio- technological conditions to explore modularity as not only as a production method, but as a complete design strategy. The modular design methods outlined in this investigation aim to be a formula for design processes, leaving ambiguity of the designs to reflect the needs and desires of a more general audience.
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