Typical Construction

The concept design of these flat-pack and re-assembled J-Pods is that they all fit together due to their standard sized panels. Each panel can be flipped 180 degrees (onto its head) to form a running wall to accommodate any required room size or hallway. (1 up - 1 down - 1 up etc)

Figure 1 shows a typical external storage unit created from either flat-packed vaulted panels or from re-assembled J-Pods.

Figure 1

This particular storage unit shows how 2 different sized (and weight) panels built with the same angle can be utilized in construction. If necessary, J-Pods arriving in a smaller diameter supply vehicle can easily be integrated with larger flat packed panels that may have arrived with a Star ship and the original colonists, provided they utilize the same height and number of pieces in the flap-pack. (IE 20 per stack)

Figure 2

This image shows 2 buildings under construction and one storage unit completed. Notice the left building design easily follows the slope utilizing the standard panels all buildings are constructed from.

Figure 3

Figure 3 shows how standard flat-pack panels can be assembled in any configuration for any utilization purpose without the need of framing or special sizing. Wall, floor, and roof panels

are all standard sized and interlock to construct the buildings. Door and window panels are sized the same as all other wall construction panels. The only difference with these two types of panels is that they should not be flipped 180 degrees, though it is still an option if necessary.

Figure 4

This model mock-up (Fig.4) shows how standard panels can be  flipped as necessary to traverse a slope of any angle. This mock-up consists of two different sized panels (the base lengths differ.) These would perhaps be a combination of a flat-pack brought with the colonists star ship (a larger interior dimension) and also of a smaller diameter re-supply vessel. As long as the number of panels in either flat-pack are the same and also the panel height, they will fit together. 

If we utilized only one sized panel in the mock-up (the star ship large dimension interior) as represented by the foor or window panels, the same angle can still be traversed but not as closely as shown above due to the longer base lengths. Any length corridor can traverse a slope simply by assembling panels, 1 up, 1 fliped, 1 up, 1 flipped etc. 

Figure 5

This mock-up shows a typical vaulted flat-packed panel construction. Notice how flipping panels allows for longer walls as well as traversing slopes. Panel weights (size) can be modified to suit any diameter vessel and also gravitational forces on a celestial body.

For example, the following image shows an objects weight on each planet based on an earth weight of 500 pounds. This is important as the panels were intended to be erected by hand. On the moon, a panel would weigh just 83 pounds while on Mars it would weight 188 pounds. (Still quite manageable by 2-3 people).