Join us on May 13 at 12:00 PM ET for an exclusive member-only webinar showcasing a 2025 Innovation Spotlight Awards nominee: the Automated Space Layout Planning Application for residential modular construction.
Presented by Leila Rafati Sokhangoo, PhD Candidate/Modular at Concordia University and Amirhossein Mehdipoor, Team Lead and Research Officer at the National Research Council Canada, this session will highlight how the application integrates design intent, manufacturing constraints, and regulatory requirements into a single intelligent workflow. Attendees will learn how it generates optimized, factory-ready layouts, reduces design revisions, and accelerates project delivery—demonstrating a scalable, data-driven approach to modular housing design.
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This presentation showcases a breakthrough in residential modular construction: an automated space layout planning application that unifies architectural design, manufacturing constraints, and regulatory compliance within a single intelligent workflow. By integrating functional requirements, spatial adjacencies, module dimensional limits, transportation restrictions, and production capacity data, the system generates factory-ready layouts that are both buildable and optimized from the outset. A novel fusion of graph-based and cell-based planning methodologies enables simultaneous optimization of spatial relationships and geometric precision, overcoming long-standing limitations in modular design processes.
The innovation transforms layout planning from a fragmented, revision-heavy task into a data-driven, scalable solution aligned with real-world manufacturing and assembly conditions. By embedding building code requirements and factory specifications directly into early-stage design, the application virtually eliminates infeasible layouts, reduces coordination errors, and significantly shortens project timelines. The result is a repeatable, standards-based approach that enhances speed, consistency, and cost efficiency, positioning modular construction as a more reliable and scalable response to growing housing demands.

