WikiHouse

Height: WikiHouse is intended for buildings of up to 3 storeys. This covers 95% of all buildings, and allows gentle density neighbourhoods of up to around 75 dwellings per hectare.

The main constraint on height is not gravity, but wind. In high winds, lightweight structures are more prone to slight lateral flexing, which is not allowed within most building codes. Further structural research and testing is ongoing.

Space grid: The first thing to consider when you start designing is the modular grid. Skylark wall blocks create internal spaces that follow a grid of 600mm x 600mm (0.6m x 0.6m) in plan.

Main walls in the Skylark 250 series will then add a 318mm perimeter around this (268mm in the Skylark 200 series).

Vertically, wall heights increase in increments of 300mm.

Where possible, it is best to stick within the 600mm modules when designing structural walls as this will make the process of designing and checking your chassis simpler.

Of course, if you want to make a building with a specific dimension that doesn't quite fit this grid, you can do so by making one row of smaller custom blocks.

Internal structural walls will not affect the 600mm standard grid.