[MOC/WIP] Modular Skyscraper Frame

[BrickArt!san]

MOXA

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Modular

Expandable

Architecture

[1] X-axis column

[2] Y-axis column

[3] Z-axis coulmn

[4]Frame

[5] Baseplate (interchangeable floor)

What is it?

The MOXA system is something I developed, initially for myself for building modular skyscrapers, parking garages etc. that were strong, realistic, and interchangeable. Several people asked me a while ago for more on this, so here it is:

Applications:

This modular building system can be used for:

- Large collaborative public displays

-City

-Skyscrapers

-Parking garages

-Wide/low flats

-Framework for elevated infrastructure.

-Space

-Tall moonbase buildings

-Orbital space stations, docks etc.*

-Personal displays

-Any building with a small and nice looking, but strong frame

-Shelfs

*As the studs face every possible way with MOXA, buildings can be attached with floors that face sideways, up, and down.

Advantages:

-Strong

-Looks nice, smooth design; no technic holes

-Room for modification

-Variable floor height/width/length

-Center column/shaft not always necessary

-Large plates can be used as floors

-Baseplates can be used as floors

-Easy for builders to contribute.

I was thinking if this were to be used in a collaborative project, say at a convention, builders could each build a floor. Organizers of the collaborative display could build the frame then slide in the floors builders have created.

I hope you enjoyed looking at this, and I hope it's helpful to some. As I said, it was initially designed for my own use, so I'm not sure if it suits everyone else's needs. Either way, I thought this would be a nice proof of concept item to upload. :-)

[Section8]

I think this idea has a lot of potential and I would like to see some more pics of how the frames are built. It would be pretty neat as a community build skyscraper. I like the idea of constructing a large parking garage in this manner with baseplates as the floors, since regular plates aren't that large and you'd probably need too many supports to hold them up. I am also interested in making one to stack my architecture sets on top of each other. Fallingwater and Farnsworth House would look pretty good on a black frame, and it can be expanded if Lego releases more sets that size.