GB2598951A

GB2598951A - Modular panel system for constructing adaptable office structures

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Publication number: GB2598951A
Application number: GB2014888.8A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Chowdhury Rishi; Noel Drake Johnston George
Original assignee: Incube Space Ltd
Current assignee: Incube Space Ltd
Priority date: 2020-09-21
Filing date: 2020-09-21
Publication date: 2022-03-23
Anticipated expiration: 2040-09-21
Also published as: GB202014888D0; GB2598951B

Abstract

A modular panel system for constructing adaptable office structures comprises: a plurality of modular panels, each modular panel is created by joining a first prefabricated box and a second prefabricated box using one or more side panels, wherein the first prefabricated box comprises one or more sensors to monitor at least a use of space; the second prefabricated box comprises an area for housing one or more weights for providing structural stability to the plurality of modular panels; and a server that comprises a processor that is configured to recommend one or more designs with structural stability and optimized utilization of the space based on information associated with the previous designs or redesigns for at least one project specific information to construct the adaptable office structures with structural stability within the space using the plurality of modular panels.

Description

MODULAR PANEL SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTING ADAPTABLE OFFICE STRUCTURES

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates generally to modular panel system; and more specifically, the 5 present disclosure relates to a modular panel system for creating one or more adaptable office structures using a plurality of modular panels based on one or more recommended designs with optimized utilization of space. Moreover, the aforesaid modular panel system employs, when in operation, recommendation algorithms for recommending one or more designs with effective utilization of the space based on project specific requirements. Furthermore, the 10 present disclosure is concerned with computer program products comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, the computer-readable instructions being executable by a computerized device comprising processing hardware to execute the aforesaid methods.

BACKGROUND

Traditionally plasterboard walls are used to construct the interiors of most office fit-outs like partitions and rooms. However, the fit-outs made up by the plasterboard walls are fixed in place for the duration of their lease unless they removed and rebuilt at greater cost and disruption. Also, they may not give feedback on how they are being used or could be optimized unless a specialist designs and installs a technology stack that can be implemented either at the fit-out stage or during a renovation, again at great expense.

Over time, demands for changing the floor plans have been increasing. The demand may be due to space change, to adapt advanced technologies, or to adapt changing working behavior and the like. With shorter leases, rapidly advancing technology, and ever-changing working behaviors, now, more than ever, is the time for flexibility. So, nowadays, people are looking for modular construction and circular economy principles for creating the fit-outs to adapt changes and to reduce waste.

Some of the existing approaches provide moveable walls to optimize the space. However, the moveable walls are rail-based and aren't future-proofed to adapt to unknown changes in needs or demands. The rail-based moveable walls may be designed for a specific purpose, for example, adjusting a room size.

Another existing approach provides reconfigurable, modular meeting rooms, but they may only work in set four-sided closed shapes and, due to structural stability, support from a base building structure is needed. Any design and recommendation for space utilization need to take such needs into account.

Further, the existing approaches may need to disrupt the base building structures with rails or anything else to configure the fit-outs and may not allow them to build into a variety of shapes and sizes. Hence, some of the building spaces may be left unused or may not able to scale up or down, and further, they need the greater expense and more time and energy for reconfiguration.

Therefore, there arises a need to address the aforementioned technical drawbacks in existing 15 technologies relate to the modular panel system to match ongoing changes in needs and demands.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure seeks to provide a modular panel system for recommending one or more designs with optimization of space for constructing adaptable office structures and constructing one or more flexible (or adaptable) office structures based on the recommendation using modular panels that adapt counterweights to ensure structural stability of the one or more flexible (or adaptable) office structures in any configuration.

According to a first aspect, the present disclosure provides a modular panel system for constructing flexible (or adaptable) office structures, characterized in that the modular panel 25 system comprises: -a plurality of modular panels, wherein each modular panel comprises a first prefabricated box; one or more sensors that are positioned in the first prefabricated box to monitor at least a use of space; a second prefabricated box, wherein the second prefabricated box comprises an area that is configured to house one or more weights for providing structural stability to the plurality of modular panels; and one or more side panels for joining the first prefabricated box and the second prefabricated box to create a shape and a size of each modular panel and -a server that comprises a processor that is configured to receive at least one project-specific information from a user through a client interface to construct one or more adaptable office structures in the space; retrieve information associated with previous designs or redesigns that are in connection with the at least one project-specific information by processing the at least one project-specific information, wherein the information associated with the previous designs or redesigns are collected from the one or more sensors positioned in the plurality of modular panels configured in one or more adaptable office structures used in the previous designs or redesigns or from one or more sensors positioned in a plurality of similar spaces that uses the previous designs or redesigns; and recommends, using a recommendation algorithm, one or more designs with structural stability and optimized utilization of the space based on the information associated with the previous designs or redesigns, wherein the plurality of modular panels is configured or reconfigured to construct the one or 25 more adaptable office structures with structural stability within the space based on the one or more recommended designs such that the plurality of modular panels does not have to be fixed to a base building structure.

The invention is of advantage in that it provides flexibility to the built environment and allows landlords or tenants to adapt their spaces to match ongoing changes in needs and demands. In particular, the modular panels that are used to construct one or more adaptable office structures such as rooms or partitions have stand-alone structural stability. Advantageously, the modular panels do not need to be attached to a building structure such as walls, floors or ceilings.

The modular panel system optimizes spaces to improve occupier comfort or maximize space 10 utilization, and thus potential revenue generation, by recommending one or more designs with optimized utilization of the space based on previous designs or redesigns that are used in one or more similar office spaces.

Optionally, in the modular panel system, the first prefabricated box further comprises a first inlet and a first outlet and the second prefabricated box further comprises a second inlet and a second outlet, wherein the first inlet and the first outlet and the second inlet and a second outlet allow one or more cables to flow through each modular panel when the plurality of modular panels are configured or reconfigured to form the one or more adaptable office structures Optionally, in the modular panel system, each of the plurality of modular panels is 20 approximately 68 kg, wherein each of the plurality of modular panels is broken down into smaller elements of a maximum weight of about 20 kilograms (kg).

Optionally, in the modular panel system, the processor (i) analyses information about the use of the space retrieved from the one or more sensors in the plurality of modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures or from the one or more sensors positioned in the space; and (ii) recommends, using the recommendation algorithm, at least one re-design to adapt the shape or size of the one or more adaptable office structures with structural stability to effectively optimize the utilization of the space.

Optionally, in the modular panel system, the plurality of modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures enables to adjust the one or more weights housed in the second prefabricated box while reconfiguring the one or more adaptable office structures based on the recommended redesign to provide structural stability.

Optionally, the modular panel system further comprises at least one fascia unit that is connected to one or more modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures, wherein the at least one fascia unit is selected from a group comprising a top and bottom rail, a wood board, a window panel, a pegboard, a blackboard, a whiteboard, a vinyl covering, a corkboard, green walls and lockers.

Optionally, in the modular panel system, each modular panel further comprises a fascia rail that is connected to split the first prefabricated box from the second prefabricated box, wherein the fascia rail allows the at least one fascia unit to connect with the plurality of modular panels.

Optionally, in the modular panel system, the plurality of modular panels adapts at least one 15 shelve or folding desk or folding hot desk, wherein the folding desk or folding hot desk folds down from a fascia unit for use by visitors or in hot desk environments and comprises one or more legs attached to form a structurally rigid table, when in use.

Optionally, the modular panel system further comprises (i) a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for controlling lighting, air-conditioning, temperature, and ventilation associated with the space based on the information retrieved from the one or more sensors in the one or more adaptable office structures or in the space and (ii) ceiling units, for constructing an enclosed adaptable office structure.

Optionally, in the modular panel system, the plurality of modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures is reusable to form a new adaptable office structure.

Optionally, in the modular panel system, the processor further uses at least one of a machine learning algorithm or an artificial intelligence algorithm to recommend the one or more designs with the optimized utilization of the space, wherein the processor trains the machine learning algorithm or the artificial intelligence algorithm with a plurality of designs used in a plurality of spaces, wherein the machine learning algorithm or the artificial intelligence algorithm is configured to receive the at least one of the project-specific information from the user or information associated with the use of the space retrieved from the one or more sensors as an input and to output the recommendation of the one or more designs with structural stability and optimized utilization of the space for constructing the one or more adaptable office structures having structural stability.

According to a second aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for (of) constructing 10 flexible (or adaptable) office structures using a modular panel system, characterized in that the method comprises: - receiving at least one of project-specific information from a user through a client interface to construct one or more adaptable office structures in space; - retrieving information associated with previous designs or redesigns that are in connection with the at least one project-specific information by processing the at least one project-specific information, wherein the information associated with the previous designs or redesigns are collected from the one or more sensors positioned in the plurality of modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures used in the previous designs or redesigns or from one or more sensors positioned in a plurality of similar spaces that uses the previous designs or redesigns; -recommending, using a recommendation algorithm, one or more designs with structural stability and optimized utilization of the space based on the information associated with the previous designs or redesigns as well as structural stability; and - configuring or reconfiguring the plurality of modular panels to construct the one or more 25 adaptable office structures with structural stability within the space based on the one or more recommended designs such that the plurality of modular panels does not have to be fixed to a base building structure.

Optionally, the method further comprises -monitoring use of the space using the one or more sensors in the plurality of modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures or one or more sensors that are positioned in the space; -recommending, using the recommendation algorithm, at least one redesign to adapt a shape or size of the one or more adaptable office structures with structural stability to effectively optimize the utilization of the space; and -reconfiguring the one or more adaptable office structures based on the recommended redesign to effectively optimize the utilization of the space, wherein the plurality of modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures enables to adjust the one or more weights housed in the second prefabricated box while reconfiguring the one or more adaptable office structures based on the recommended redesign to provide structural stability.

Optionally, the method further comprises -monitoring, using the one or more sensors in the plurality of modular panels, at least one of 15 (i) a distance between people, (ii) people and objects count, (iii) a posture of each people and objects, (iv) temperature of the space, or (iv) a light intensity in the space; -analyzing at least one of (i) the distance between people, (ii) the people and objects count, (iii) the posture of each people and objects, (iv) the temperature of the space, or (iv) the light intensity in the space; and -providing at least one alert that comprises at least one of (i) an optimum distance to be maintained between the people, (ii) a notification to close doors or windows when open while rooms are empty or (iii) a notification to clean whiteboard when it is not cleaned after meeting.

According to a third aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising instructions to cause the system of the first aspect to carry out the method of the second aspect.

It will be appreciated that the aforesaid present method is not merely "software for a computer, as such", "methods of doing a mental act, as such", but has a technical effect in that the method recommends the one or more designs with optimized utilization of the space for constructing the one or more adaptable office structures in the space, using the server, in a distributed computing architecture and constructs the one or more adaptable office structures using the plurality of modular panels that are fully standalone based on the one or more recommended designs. The method for recommending the one or more designs involves using the recommendation algorithm to address, for example to solve, the technical problem of constructing the one or more adaptable office structures with effective utilization of the space along with stand-alone structural stability. The present disclosure works as a combination of software and hardware for creating the one or more adaptable office structures with effective utilization of the space along with standalone structural stability.

Further, compensating the at least one element of the modular panel system it optionally causes a hardware reconfiguration of the system, for example selectively switches in additional processor capacity and/or more data memory capacity and/or different types of graphic processor chip, and the hardware reconfiguration or hardware status is regarded as being technical in nature. Thus, to consider the method of the present disclosure to be subject matter that is excluded from patentability would be totally inconsistent with US practice in respect of inventions that are technically closely related to embodiments described in the present disclosure.

Embodiments of the present disclosure substantially eliminate, or at least partially address, 25 the aforementioned drawbacks in existing known approaches by providing the modular panels that are fully standalone allowing them to be connected together to create adaptable rooms or dividers of varying size and shape based on the one or more recommended designs with optimized utilization of the space. The modular panel system solves the problem of slow, expensive fit-outs that are fixed for the lifespan of a lease.

Additional aspects, advantages, features and objects of the present disclosure are made apparent from the drawings arid the detailed description of the illustrative embodiments 5 construed in conjunction with the appended claims that follow.

It will be appreciated that features of the present disclosure are susceptible to being combined in various combinations without departing from the scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The summary above, as well as the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments, is better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings. For the purpose of illustrating the present disclosure, exemplary constructions of the disclosure are shown in the drawings. However, the present disclosure is not limited to specific methods and instrumentalities disclosed herein Moreover, those in the art will understand that the drawings are not to scale. Wherever possible, like elements have been indicated by identical numbers.

Embodiments of the present disclosure will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the following diagrams wherein: FIG. I is a schematic illustration of a modular panel system in accordance with an 20 embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a base modular panel in a modular panel system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a first prefabricated box in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 4 illustrates one or more system components of a modular panel system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIGS. 5A-5D illustrate one or more modular panels in a modular panel system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 6 illustrates one or more fascia units in a modular panel system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIGS. 7A-7D illustrate one or more modular panels adapted with add-ons in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIGS. 8A-8M illustrate one or more exemplary free-standing walls in accordance with an 10 embodiment of the present disclosure; FIGS. 9A-9F illustrate one or more exemplary office structures in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIGS. 10A-10B illustrate layouts that show a pinch point analysis in an office space in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIGS. I I A-I I C illustrate one or more layouts of an office in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 12 illustrates an exemplary scenario of testing a stability of a modular panel in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 13A illustrates an exemplary graphical representation of calculation of counterweight 20 requirement to a modular panel (e.g. for a straight wall) for a standalone structural stability in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. I 3B illustrates an exemplary graphical representation of calculation of counterweight requirement to a modular panel (e.g. for a free-standing wall) for a standalone structural stability in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 14 illustrates an exemplary desk layout and a partition layout of an office space in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIGS. 15A-15B are flowcharts illustrating steps of a method for (of) constructing flexible (or adaptable) office structures using a modular panel system in accordance with an embodiment 5 of the present disclosure; and FIG. 16 is an illustration of an exploded view of a distributed computing architecture/system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

In the accompanying drawings, an underlined number is employed to represent an item over which the underlined number is positioned or an item to which the underlined number is adjacent. A non-underlined number relates to an item identified by a line linking the non-underlined number to the item. When a number is non-underlined and accompanied by an associated arrow, the non-underlined number is used to identify a general item at which the arrow is pointing.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The following detailed description illustrates embodiments of the present disclosure and ways in which they can be implemented. Although some modes of carrying out the present disclosure have been disclosed, those skilled in the art would recognize that other embodiments for carrying out or practicing the present disclosure are also possible.

The present system comprises a plurality of modular panels that comprise a first prefabricated box, one or more sensors that are positioned in the first prefabricated box, a second prefabricated box, and one or more side panels and a sewer. Each modular panel is created by joining the first prefabricated box and the second prefabricated box using the one or more side panels. The one or more side panels may comprise a dimension of 240 centimeters (cm) x 30 cm. The second prefabricated box comprises an area that is configured to house the one or more weights for providing the structural stability to each modular panel. The one or more weights may be added to the second prefabricated box based on the configuration of the one or more adaptable office structures to provide structural stability for the one or more adaptable office structures. The plurality of modular panels may allow to move the second prefabricated box to add or reduce the one or more weights while configuring or reconfiguring the one or more adaptable office structures. The server recommends, using a recommendation algorithm, one or more designs with optimization of the space for constructing one or more adaptable office structures in space using the plurality of modular panels.

In an embodiment, the plurality of modular panels is selected from a group comprising a wall modular panel or a base modular panel, a door modular panel, a 60-degree corner panel and a 90-degree corner panel. The wall modular panel replaces fixed walls that are arranged to create one or more partitions and one or more rooms. The door modular panel is used to keep private offices and meeting rooms secure. The door modular panel may comprise a handle and a lock. The door modular panel may comprise a handle and a lock. The lock may a manual look, an automatic lock or a combination of the manual and automatic lock. The 60-degree corner panel is used to create 60-degree corners. The 90-degree corner panel is used to create 90-degree corners.

In an embodiment, the plurality of modular panels is interconnectable. The plurality of modular panels is interconnected or disconnected to form one or more adaptable office structures such as one or more rooms, and dividing walls or partitions in any configurations.

The one or more rooms may be any typical office room such as a formal meeting room, an informal meeting room, a private room, and a semi-open meeting room or may be a storage room. The one or more rooms may be a private room, a living room, and a study room in a residential area.

In an embodiment, the plurality of modular panels may be built with stiffener panels internally to provide an in-plane stability to the plurality of modular panels. The plurality of modular panels may be built with doubled up side panels to provide in-plane stability to the plurality of modular panels and the doubled up side panels may need to be fixed to another modular panels. In an embodiment, the 60-degree corner panel or the 90-degree corner panel or the modular panel that is at an end of the one or more adaptable office structures may be used as a stiffener panel for the in-plane stability and the stiffener panel may need to be fixed to another modular panels.

In an embodiment, the one or more rooms, but not limited to, in a form of enclosed unit, a 5 semi-open unit, C-shape unit, I-shape unit, and L-shape unit. The one or more rooms are created using a plurality of wall modular panels, one or more corner panels and at least one door modular panel. The one or more corner panels may be a 60-degree corner panel and a 90-degree corner panel. The first prefabricated boxes in the plurality of modular panels are connected as a ring beam for constructing one or more rooms to transfer any forces to 10 orthogonal walls. The maximum length and depth of one or more rooms to be constructed may comprise 6 meters and 300 millimeters. The one or more rooms constructed using the plurality of modular panels do not require counterweights for structural stability and the ring beam formed in the one or more rooms provides structural stability and strength to the one or more rooms.

In an embodiment, the dividing walls or partitions, but not limited to, in a form of X-shape, Y-shape, fractal units such as 60-degree fractal wall, and 90-degree fractal wall, and straight line. The dividing walls or partitions are created using a plurality of wall modular panels and/or one or more corner panels. The dividing walls or partitions are free standing walls such that the dividing walls or partitions do not need to be attached to the building structures.

The dividing walls or partitions may allow the zoning of open plan space to create one or more private working areas or one or more private meeting areas. The dividing walls or partitions may adapt with one or more shelves for the storage of goods. The first prefabricated boxes in the plurality of modular panels are connected as a continuous beam for constructing dividing walls or partitions. The X-shape, Y-shape, and fractal units may be used for zoning the open plan surface to create more meeting areas or private areas along with shelves for the storage of goods as well. The X-shape, Y-shape, and fractal units do not require counterweight to the panel structures and the interconnected plurality of modular panels in the X-shape, Y-shape, and fractal units provide structural stability to the panel structure.

The present system is advantageous that the one or more adaptable office structures can be built up or broken down in few hours by connecting or disconnecting the plurality of modular panels, without affecting the base building structure. The design of the plurality of modular panel components enables the plurality of modular panels to be broken into smaller pieces as a restriction preferably up to 20 kg that allows maximum flexibility of customization. The broken pieces of the modular panels with less than 20kg weight may be lifted by people without special capabilities of special contract clauses. Thus, the present system allows the landlords or occupiers to adapt the shape or size of partitions or rooms overnight to optimize and meet the ongoing needs of the space by changing a number of modular panels. The number of modular panels may be increased or decreased based on the requirement. The present system reduces costs for construction or deconstruction of the one or more adaptable office structures and enables the space to be activated quicker than existing approaches based on the ongoing needs. The modular panels allow office workers themselves to re-arrange and re-design the modular panels according to on-going demand or based on the one or more recommended designs by the recommendation algorithm.

For example, the present system may be used in a co-working space with x number of private offices of varying sizes. The number of private offices in the co-working space may go up or down. A new private office with different requirements may enquire for lease in the co-working space. The present system allows the owner of the co-working space to redesign the one or more office structures based on the requirement and recommends the re-design with optimized utilization of space based on the requirement along with structural stability.

In another example, the companies may decrease or increase their size of the team seasonally. At that time, the space already they are using may not suitable during the decrease or increase of their team size. The present system recommends the re-design with optimized utilization of the space based on the current requirement. The present system allows to reconfigure the one or more office structures over a night. Thus, the present system reduces the waste, consumes less time and no cost beyond the lease of required modular panels.

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The first prefabricated box further comprises a first inlet and a first outlet that allow one or more cables to flow through each modular panel. The first inlet and the first outlet may allow power cables or data cables to flow through each modular panel to a power source when the plurality of modular panels configured or reconfigured to form the one or more adaptable office structures.

In an embodiment, the first prefabricated box comprises an audio outlet to provide voice commands to the people in the space.

The second prefabricated box further comprises a second inlet and a second outlet that allow one or more cables to flow through each modular panel The second inlet and the second outlet may allow power cables or data cables to flow through each modular panel to a power source when the plurality of modular panels configured or reconfigured to form the one or more adaptable office structures. The first inlet and the first outlet and the second inlet and second outlet may allow electricians to do any electrical connections, wiring or cable management with less time.

The fascia connection or the fascia rail in each of the plurality of modular panels allow to connect with one or more fascia units. The fascia unit provides one or more structural functionality for example window, noise dampening, shelves, pegboard, pegboard shelve, smoothing, whiteboard and blackboard to the one or more adaptable office structures configured with the plurality of modular panels.

In an embodiment, the at least one fascia unit is easily swapped and changed to encourage a variety of uses from windows to pegboard to whiteboards and blackboards. For example, the fascia unit can be easily connected or reconnected from the one or more adaptable office structures without disturbing the one or more adaptable office structures. The top and bottom rail may be used where no fascia is required to create a smooth finish to the modular wall panels. The wood board or the ply board may be used to provide smooth finishing to the modular wall panels. In an embodiment, the window panel is formed from polycarbonate and plywood material. The pegboard may allow potential customizable add-ons to the modular panels. The add-ons may comprise shelves and a foldable desk. The blackboard and the whiteboard may be used in the meeting rooms and notice areas. The shelves may be attached in the middle of the base modular panel structure. The pegboard connected with the modular panels may be adapted with one or more shelves.

The one or more adaptable office structures may be adapted with a folding desk or folding 5 hot desk that may be used by visitors or may be used in hot desk environments. The one or more adaptable office structures may be adapted with bookshelves for storage along with the folding desk or folding hot desk.

In an embodiment, the plurality of modular panels and the folding desk comprise antimicrobial coatings over its surface. The antimicrobial coatings over the surface of the plurality of modular and the folding desk disinfect the surfaces from the microbes and ensure a healthy environment for the office members or the employees. The antimicrobial coatings may be coated over the door handle in the door modular panel. The antimicrobial coatings may be coated over the fascia units connected in the plurality of modular panels.

The one or more sensors are positioned or in-built in the first prefabricated box of the plurality 15 of modular panels. In an embodiment, a plurality of spaces that are used for constructing the one or more adaptable office structures is positioned with the one or more sensors.

The one or more sensors in the first prefabricated box or the plurality of spaces, without limitation, may be selected from an imaging sensor, position sensor, an ambient light sensor, a proximity sensor, a motion sensor, a thermal sensor, a pressure sensor, a microphone, a compass or magnetometer, a shock sensor, a humidity sensor, radio frequency (RF) sensor, a magnetic strip reader, near field communications (NFC) sensor, or any other suitable sensor. The imaging sensor may be a camera that is configured to monitor at least the use of the space. For example, a meeting room that is built in an office is monitored by the camera in terms of space usage over a number of people over time.

In an embodiment, the one or more sensors in the first prefabricated box or in the plurality of spaces are communicatively connected with the server. The one or more sensors in the first prefabricated box may be wirelessly connected with the server. The one or more sensors in the first prefabricated box are Internet of Things (IoT) sensor. The one or more sensors in the plurality of spaces may be communicatively connected with the server over a network. The one or more sensors in the plurality of spaces are an IOT sensor.

In an embodiment, the first prefabricated box comprises a communication module. The 5 communication module is a module for enabling the transfer of data between two or more system components that are monitored by the one or more sensors (namely, that possess one or more sensors). The communication module may be, for example, a 2G, 3G, 4G, SG, or other technologies such as Bluetooth®. The communication module may enable communication through at least one of a LAN (local area network), WAN (wide area 10 network), the Internet, cable networks, cellular networks, wireless networks, e.g., Wi-Fi and wired networks, e.g., fiber optic, Ethernet, Fiber Channel, direct connections, and close-range communications.

The one or more sensors positioned in the first prefabricated box of the plurality of modular panels or in the plurality of spaces monitors at least a use of the space. The one or more sensors in the first prefabricated box or in the plurality of spaces may be used to identify capacity usage, identify social distancing between people, count people, sense motion of the people, or object in the space, sense temperature of the space, and monitor footfall in the space. In an embodiment, the space is at least one of an office space, a retail space, a residential space, and an outdoor space.

The present system employs the server to communicate with the one or more sensors in the plurality of modular panels or in the space through a network., The network may be a wired network, a wireless network, a combination of wired and wireless network or Internet. A list of devices that are capable of functioning as the server, without limitation, include a server, a mobile phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a tablet, a desktop computer, or a laptop.

The server comprises the processor that is configured to receive the at least one project-specific information from the user through the client interface to construct one or more adaptable office structures in the space. The at least one project-specific information may comprises an office space size or office capacity, office requirements and restrictions such as

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particular division of spaces or spaces for at least 'n' number of people working in (i) office desks; (ii) meetings at a given point, a total number of people in the space according to time and a number of partitions required. The at least one project-specific information may comprise social distancing requirement, typology of desks in the office space, a number of desks in the office space and a space available in the office space. The typology of desks may include an information about whether the office desks is an individual desk or a sharing desk. This information may also be used for defining a distance between two or more people working, for example following a required distance, for example 1 m, understood as a social distance requirement.

The server retrieves the information associated with the previous designs or redesigns that are connection with the at least one project-specific information by processing the at least one project-specific information. The information associated with the previous designs or redesigns is collected from the one or more sensors positioned in the plurality of modular panels configured in one or more adaptable office structures used in the previous designs or redesigns or the one or more sensors positioned in the plurality of similar spaces that uses the previous designs or redesigns.

The server comprises at least one storage medium to store data retrieved from the one or more sensors in the plurality of modular panels or in the space. In an embodiment, the at least one storage medium comprises a database. In an embodiment, the data retrieved from the one or more sensors comprise previous designs or redesigns associated with the space optimization in one or more spaces.

In an embodiment, the imaging sensor in the first prefabricated box or in the plurality of spaces captures images of configuration of one or more office structures used in the plurality of spaces. The server receives the images of the configuration of one or more office structures used in the plurality of spaces; analyses the image to identify the information on office capacity, a number of rooms and partitions configured in the office space, furniture arrangement in the office space, design of the rooms or partitions in the office space; and stores the identified information about the configuration of one or more office structures in the storage medium. The information about the configuration of one or more office structures used in the plurality of spaces may be stored in a table format.

The server recommends, using a recommendation algorithm, one or more designs with optimized utilization of the space based on the information associated with the previous 5 designs or redesigns as well as structural stability, using a recommendation algorithm.

In an embodiment, the server receives the project specific information that comprises the office capacity and requirement from the user; retrieves the pre-stored information about the configuration of one or more office structures that are in connection with the project specific information; and recommends, using the recommendation algorithm, one or more designs to the user with optimization of the space and structural stability for constructing one or more adaptable office structures in the space.

In an embodiment, the recommendation algorithm determines an amount of weight or a number of weights to be added to the plurality of modular panels based on the project specific requirement to provide structural stability to the plurality of modular panels. The recommendation algorithm determines the amount of the weight to be added to the plurality of modular panels based on the shape and size of the one or more adaptable office structures to be configured in the space. For example, smaller enclosed units and smaller cruciform units may not require counterweights for the panel structure for structural stability. The longer enclosed units and longer cruciform units may require counterweights for the panel structure for structural stability. For example, the dividing walls or partitions require counterweights for the panel structure for structural stability. Thus, the dividing walls or partitions or rooms have standalone structural stability due to the added counterweights and do not need to be attached to a building structure such as walls, floors or ceilings. The end modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures require a higher amount of weight than the other modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures.

The present system allows to configure or reconfigure the plurality of modular panels to construct the one or more adaptable office structures with structural stability within the space based on the one or more recommended designs such that the plurality of modular panels does not have to be fixed to a base building structure.

The one or more designs or redesigns may comprise one or more layouts with information on where to configure or reconfigure the one or more adaptable office structures, a number 5 of modular panels required to configure or reconfigure the one or more adaptable office structures, design of the one or more adaptable office structures, an amount of weight needs to be added to the plurality of modular panels to be configured in the one or more adaptable office structures. The one or more designs or redesigns may enable social distancing between each other in the office space, wherein social distancing may be a requirement, for example 10 imposed by a local authority, that defines a distance between two or more people using the office stratures, wherein for example such distance may be approximately between I m to 2 In an embodiment, the one or more sensors in the plurality of modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures monitor usage of an office space. For example, the one or more sensors monitor the usage of meeting rooms having the capacity to accommodate, for example, eight persons. The recommendation algorithm receives information about the usage of the office space that is retrieved from the one or more sensors in the plurality of modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures. The information about the usage of the office space may comprise a number of people working or using the office space or a number of people attending a meeting usually in a meeting room. The recommendation algorithm recommends one or more designs to adapt the shape and size of the one or more adaptable office structures such as rooms or partitions to expand or make smaller the space to meet the demand for making the office space more efficient and optimized. The one or more sensors positioned in the office space may sense the usage of the office space and provides information about the usage of the office space to the server for optimizing the office space utilization.

In an embodiment, the one or more sensors in the plurality of modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures sense temperature in all the plurality of modular panels in addition temperature in one or more system components without sensors in the office space. The recommendation algorithm receives information about the temperature felt by the plurality of modular panels along with information about a number of people working or using the office space. The information about the number of people working or using the office space may be provided by the user. The recommendation algorithm recommends one or more redesigns for adapting the shape and size of the one or more adaptable office structures to optimize the feel of temperature control by the people working or using the office space. The recommendation algorithm may output a location in the office space where optimization is required along with the one or more redesigns for optimization.

In an embodiment, the one or more sensors in the plurality of modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures monitor the distance between the people or members in the office space for maintaining the social distance between each other. The server may receive and analyze the information about the distance between the people or members and recommends one or more redesigns if pinch points are caused by the current design for reconfiguring the one or more adaptable office structures to maintain the social distance.

In an embodiment, the present system uses at least one of regression model, artificial intelligence (Al), machine Learning or a neural network algorithm for recommending the at least one design with the optimized utilization of the space. Such regression model, artificial intelligence (AI), machine Learning or a neural network algorithm will be understood by a person skilled in the art of computer system design.

The client interface may be communicatively connected with a user device of the user to receive the at least one project-specific information. The user device, without limitation, may be selected from, a mobile phone, a kindle, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a tablet, a computer, an electronic notebook or a smartphone. The user device may comprise at least one of (i) a virtual bot or (ii) an assist bot.

In some embodiments, the present system allows the user to create one or more designs through the client interface using a drag and drop option. The present system allows the user to design one or more office structures virtually in a virtual office space layout using the drag and drop option. The user may drag one or more virtual modular panels and drop the one or more virtual modular panels in the virtual office space layout. The present system may provide feedback on whether the one or more virtual office structures is stable or unstable and a counterweight requirement for the one or more virtual office structures. The present system may validate the one or more designs in real time.

The client interface associated with the server may be connected with an automated workflow along with at least one project specific requirement to perform one or more actions automatically in the office space. The automated workflow may be executed using a rules-based engine. The at least one project specific requirement may comprise requirements per time or per condition. For example, a condition may be a number of people for a meeting for a given time. The rules-based engine may analyze at least one of (i) a distance between people, (ii) people and objects count, (iii) a posture of each people and objects, (iv) a temperature of the space, or (iv) a light intensity in the space that is monitored by the one or more sensors in the plurality of modular panels The present system may provide at least one alert that comprises at least one of (i) an optimum distance to be maintained between the people, (ii) a notification to close doors or windows when open while rooms are empty or (iii) a notification to clean whiteboard when it is not cleaned after meeting.

The server may comprise a centralized dashboard. The centralized dashboard may be accessible for office managers. The centralized dashboard may enable the office managers to interact or control one or more systems across the office space. The centralized dashboard provides insights on the usage of the space to optimise the space for increased collaboration and productivity in a workspace. The insights with greater granularity may comprise heatmaps and space utilization charts for the day, week, month or year to enable decision making for improving productivity. The centralized dashboard may comprise people's tab that provides an overview of members and employees in the space. The insights may provide information on which teams are interacting with each other. The centralized dashboard may be integrated with one or more building control systems that control and monitor the building's mechanical and electrical equipment such as ventilation, lighting, power systems, fire systems, and security systems.

The present system may comprise a control module to perform one or more actions. The centralized dashboard may be integrated with the control module. The control module may be a voice control system. The one or more actions may comprise opening a door, switching on/off lights, decreasing/increasing the temperature of air conditioner. The control module may perform the one or more actions based on user comments. The control module may perform the one or more actions automatically. The control module may be integrated with the automated workflow to perform one or more actions.

The present system may comprise a software application to connect or control one or more personal devices in the office space. The one or more personal devices may be one or more devices associated with office members or employees. The present system may comprise an online members directory to keep the office employees or members community engaged and connected. 'the online members directory may increase member's visibility, stimulate knowledge-sharing between the office members and nurture business relationships by exposing the office members to each other and giving them the means to collaborate. The online members directory may be stored in the storage medium. The storage medium may be present in the server. The software application may be installed in the one or more devices associated with the office members or employees. The software application may allow communication between the one or more devices associated with the office members or employees. The software application may allow to create one or more online chat room for a team, a group or a community. The software application may allow to manage one or more events across a team, a group or a community. The one or more events may be, without limitation, a project, a conference, a festival, formal or informal meetings, parties. The software application may allow the one or more devices associated with the office members or employees to send or receive one or more messages across the office members or employees. The one or more messages may be a text message, an audio message or a video message.

The advantages of the present system and/or computer program product are thus identical to those disclosed above in connection with the present method and the embodiments listed above in connection with the method apply tinfoils antiandis to the system and/or computer program product.

The present system recommends the flexible design to build the one or more adaptable office structures using the plurality of modular panels. The plurality of modular panels themselves having standalone structural stability, no need to disrupt the base building structure to construct or reconstruct the one or more adaptable office structures and easily configurable and reconfigurable. Thus, the present system reduces time for (i) designing a layout for constructing office structures, and (ii) constructing or reconstructing the office structures and reduces the waste during construction or reconstruction of the office structures.

Worked examples for calculation of the counterweight to be added to the modular panel structure for standalone structural stability have been presented below.

Dimensions of the base modular panel (single) to be used for the panel structure have given 15 below as table 1:

Table 1:

Dimensions of the base modular panel (single unit) Measurement Density of the base modular panel 680 kilogram (kg)/meter3 (m3) Thickness of the base modular panel 18 millimeter Height of the base modular panel 2400 mm Height of the first prefabricated box 400 mm Height of the second prefabricated box 400 mm Depth of the base modular panel 400 mm Width of the base modular panel 900 mm

Worked example 1

For example, if horizontal force 0.74 kilonewton (kN) is applied at a height of 1100 millimetre (mm) of the modular panel at an angle 30 degree, the counterweight (CW) to be 5 added the modular panel structure (e.g. a straight wall) is determined.

Table 2 illustrates dimensions of the modular panel structure: Number Depth (d) (mm) Width (w) (mm) Weight (each box) (kg) Side panel weight Fixed shelf weight Total (No.) of (each) (kg) (kg) weight of units unit (modular panel) (kg) 2 300 1800 30.8 17.6 6.6 85.9 3 300 2700 46.3 17.6 9.9 120.1 4 300 3600 61.7 17.6 13.2 154.2 Table 3 illustrates calculation of counterweight (CW) to be added to the panel structure (e.g. a straight wall).

Herein, OT refers to Overturning and RS refers to Restoring.

No. of Lever arm for OT RS (01) -(RS) CW CW units moment OT Moment (kNm) (total) per unit (modular (kNm) panel) (mm) (kNm) (kg) (kg) 2 1160 1.5 0.5 1.0 167 83 3 1610 2.2 1.0 1.2 153 51 4 2060 2.9 1.6 1.3 130 33

Worked example 2

For example, if horizontal force 0.74 kilonewton (kN) is applied at a height of 1100 mm of the modular panel at an angle 30 degree, the counterweight (CW) to be added the panel structure (e.g. for a dividing wall with 60-degree corner) is determined.

Dimensions of the base modular panel considered for calculation of counterweight have given below: ) Weight of the first prefabricated box -15.4 kg 2) Weight of the second prefabricated box -15.4 kg 10 3) Weight of the side panel (each) -8.8 kg 4) Weight of the fixed shelf-3.3 kg 5) Total weight of the base modular panel -51.8 kg Dimensions of the 60 degree corner modular panel considered for calculation of counterweight have given below ) Weight of the first prefabricated box -5.1 kg 2) Weight of the second prefabricated box -5.1 kg 3) Weight of the side panel (each) -8.8 kg 4) Total weight of the 60 degree corner modular panel -27.9 kg Table 5 illustrates calculation of restoring moment of the base modular panel and the 60-degree corner panel. Here, main unit refers to the base modular panel and corner unit refers to the 60-degree corner panel.

Number Main unit Lever arm (mm) RS Cumulative (kNm) Corner unit RS Overall RS (No.) of moment Lever arm (mm) moment moment units (kNm) (kNm) (kNm) (modular panel) 1 300 0.2 - - - - 2 750 0.4 0.5 1050 0.3 0.8 3 1200 0.6 1.7 1500 0.4 1.6 4 1650 0.9 2.0 1950 0.5 2.6 Table 6 illustrates calculation of calculation of counterweight (CW) to be added to the panel 10 structure (e.g. dividing wall with 60-degree corner).

Number Overall RS moment OT moment (kNm) (OT) -(RS) (kNm) CW (total) (kg) (No.) of (kNm) units (modular panel) 2 0.8 1.5 0.63 84 3 1.6 2.2 0.61 51 4 2.6 2.9 0.37 22 Appendix While recommending one or more designs or redesigns for areas that are not susceptible to overcrowding such as office, institutional buildings, reading rooms, and class rooms including stairs, the horizontal force may be considered as 0.74 kN/m for calculating counterweight requirement for the panel structure. While recommending one or more designs or redesigns for areas such as restaurants and cafes, the horizontal force may be considered as 1.5 kNirn for calculating counterweight requirement for the panel structure.

Testing strength of a unit: An office furniture or a wall structure may be tested for its stability by applying different horizontal forces at different heights. The horizontal force and the height are used for training the recommendation algorithm if the office furniture or a wall structure is overturned or displaced.

a) Testing strength of an office furniture such as a storage furniture Step I: Place the office furniture on a floor. For example, the office furniture includes a height of 1650 mm.

Step 2: Load all parts that can be used for storage purpose and close extension elements, flaps, roll fronts and doors Step 3: Apply a horizontal static force (for example 350 N), at a first point (first side of the office furniture) on the centerline of the office furniture.

Step 4: If the office furniture tends to overturn in one direction, lower the point of application of the horizontal force until tilting is just prevented in that direction only.

Step 5: Record the height Step 6: Similarly, the test is repeated for a second point, a third point and a fourth point in a second side, a third side and a fourth side of the office furniture respectively.

b) Testing strength of an office furniture such as screen Step I: Place a screen configuration on a test surface. The screen configuration may include a height of 1400 millimeter (mm) Step 2: Restrain a base of the screen configuration by stops Step 3: Load add on elements up to worst case permitted by manufacturer account minimum and maximum width of the screen recommended by the manufacturer. A worst case may mean a combination of loaded and unloaded units. Moveable parts of add on elements shall not be restrained from moving during this test.

Step 4: Applying on the screen configuration a gradually increasing horizontal force through a horizontal force application device. The height of the application shall be at least 100 mm lower than a maximum height of the screen configuration. The horizontal force is applied in least favorable position Step 5: Increase the horizontal force until the screen displaced in 200 mm at the point of the application or increase the horizontal force until the horizontal force reached 200 newton (N) Step 6: The test is repeated on opposite side of the screen configuration.

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FIG. I is a schematic illustration of a modular panel system 100 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The modular panel system 100 comprises a modular panel 102 that comprises one or more sensors 104A-N and a server 106 that comprises a client interface 108 and a processor 110. When in operation, the processor receives at least one project-specific information from a user through the client interface 108. The client interface 108 receives the at least one project-specific information from the user via a network. The functions of these parts have been described above.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a base modular panel 200 in a modular panel system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The base modular panel 200 comprises a first prefabricated box 202, a second prefabricated box 204, and one or more side panels 208A-B. The functions of these parts are as described above. The one or more side panels 208A-B joints the first prefabricated box 202 and the second prefabricated box 204 for creating a shape and a size of each modular panel for constructing modular panels that are configured or reconfigured to create one or more adaptable office structures. The first prefabricated box 202 comprises one or more sensors for monitoring at least a use of a space or one or more actions associated with people or objects in the space. The second prefabricated box 204 comprises an area 206 that is configured to house one or more weights for providing structural stability to the modular panels such that a plurality of modular panels does not have to be fixed to a base wall or ceiling. The first prefabricated box 202 comprises a first inlet 210 and a first outlet (not shown) for allowing one or more cables to flow through each modular panel when the plurality of modular panels is configured or reconfigured to form the one or more adaptable office structures. The second prefabricated box 204 comprises a second inlet 212 and a second outlet (not shown) for allowing one or more cables to flow through each modular panel when the plurality of modular panels is configured or reconfigured to form the one or more adaptable office structures. A side panel 208A of the base modular panel 200 comprises a first inlet 214A and a second inlet 216A for allowing one or more cables to flow through each modular panel. A side panel 208B of the base modular panel 200 comprises a first outlet 214B and a second outlet 216B for allowing one or more cables to now through each modular panel. The first prefabricated box 202 and the second prefabricated box 204 further comprise a first fascia rail 218A and a second fascia rail 218B that allows one or more fascia unit to connect or reconnect with the plurality of modular panels.

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a first prefabricated box 302 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The first prefabricated box 302 comprises a first side panel 304, a second side panel 306, a first inlet 308, and a first outlet 310. The first prefabricated box 302 further comprises a camera sensor 316, a voice control module 318, an environment sensor 320 and a communication module 322. The second side panel 306 comprises a hole 3144 to enable the camera sensor 316 to face the space for monitoring. In an embodiment, the first side panel 304 comprises a hole 314B for enabling the camera sensor 316 to face the space for monitoring. The second side panel 306 further comprises an audio outlet 312 for providing voice comments. The first prefabricated box 300 further comprises a first fascia rail 324 that allows one or more fascia unit to connect or reconnect with a plurality of modular panels.

FIG. 4 illustrates one or more system components of a modular panel system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The one or more system components comprise a base modular panel 400 that comprises a first prefabricated box 402, a second prefabricated box 404, and one or more side panels 408A-B. The first prefabricated box 402 comprises one or more sensors (not shown in FIG. 4), a first inlet 410 and a first fascia rail 418A. The second prefabricated box 404 comprises an area 406, a second inlet 412 and a second fascia rail 418B. A side panel 408A comprises a first inlet 414A and a second inlet 416B and a side panel 408B comprises a first outlet 414B and a second outlet 416B. The functions of these parts are as described above. The base modular panel 400 further adapts with at least one of a finishing panel 420, or a window panel 422, and a whiteboard 424. The first fascia rail 418A and the second fascia rail 418B allow one or more fascia unit to connect or reconnect with the plurality of modular panels.

FIGS. 5A-5D illustrate one or more modular panels in a modular panel system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 5A illustrates a base modular panel 500A 5 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The base modular panel 500A comprises a first prefabricated box 502, a second prefabricated box 504, one or more side panels 506A-B for connecting the first prefabricated box 502, and the second prefabricated box 504 to create a shape of the base modular panel 500A. The first prefabricated box 502 comprises a first inlet 508. The second prefabricated box 504 comprises a second inlet 510. 10 In an embodiment, the base modular panel 500A may be used to create a wall for rooms or partitions. The functions of these parts are as described above.

FIG. 5B illustrates a door modular panel 500B in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The door modular panel 500B comprises a first prefabricated box 512, a second prefabricated box 514, one or more side panels 516A-B for connecting the first prefabricated box 512, and the second prefabricated box 514 to create a shape of the door modular panel 500B. The door modular panel 500B further comprises a door 518 and a handle 520 to open the door 518 FIG. 5C illustrates a 60-degree corner panel 500C in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The 60-degree corner panel 500C comprises a first prefabricated box 522, a second prefabricated box 524, and one or more side panels 526A-N for connecting the first prefabricated box 522, and the second prefabricated box 524 to create a shape of the 60-degree corner panel 500C. In an embodiment, the first prefabricated box 522 comprises a first inlet and a first outlet for allowing one or more cables to flow through the 60-degree corner panel 500C. In an embodiment, the second prefabricated box 524 comprises a second inlet and a second outlet for allowing one or more cables to flow through the 60-degree corner panel 500C.

FIG. 5D illustrates a 90-degree corner panel 5000 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The 90-degree corner panel 50011 comprises a first prefabricated box 528, second prefabricated box 530, and one or more side panels 532A-N for connecting the first prefabricated box 528, and the second prefabricated box 530 to create a shape of the 90-degree comer panel 500D. In an embodiment, the first prefabricated box 528 comprises a first inlet and a first outlet for allowing one or more cables to flow through the 90-degree corner panel 50011 In an embodiment, the second prefabricated box 530 comprises a second inlet and a second outlet for allowing one or more cables to flow through the 90-degree corner panel 50011 FIG. 6 illustrates one or more fascia units in a modular panel system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The one or more fascia units comprise at least one of a top rail 602 and a bottom rail 604, a finishing panel 606, a window panel 608, a pegboard 610, a blackboard 612, a whiteboard 614, and a vinyl covering 616. The functions of these parts have been described above.

FIGS. 7A-7D illustrate one or more modular panels adapted with add-ons in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 7A illustrates a modular panel 700A that is adapted with one or more shelves 702A-N. In an embodiment, the one or more shelves 702A-N are bookshelves. In an embodiment, the one or more shelves 702A-N are customizable by a user. FIG. 7B illustrates a modular panel 700B that is adapted with a pegboard 704 along with one or more pegboard shelves 706A-N. In an embodiment, the one or more pegboard shelves 706A-N are customizable by a user. FIG. 7C illustrates a modular panel 700C that is adapted with a folding desk 708 along with one or more shelves 712A-N. The folding desk 708 comprises a pair of legs 71 OA-B that helps to create a structurally rigid table. The folding desk 708 folds down from a fascia unit attached to the modular panel 700C for use by visitors or in a hot desk environment. In an embodiment, the one or more shelves 712A-N are customizable by a user. FIG. 7D illustrates a modular panel 700D that is adapted with a folding hot desk 714. The folding hot desk 714 comprises a pair of legs 716A-B that helps to create a structurally rigid table. The folding hot desk 714 folds down from a fascia unit attached to the modular panel 700D for use by visitors or in a hot desk environment.

FIGS. 8A-8M illustrate one or more exemplary free-standing walls in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 8A illustrates an exemplary small sized freestanding dividing wall 802 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The free-standing dividing wall 802 is formed by interconnecting modular base panels 804, 806, 5 and 808 and a corner modular panel (not shown). The modular base panels 804, 806, and 808 comprise holes 810, 812, and 814 respectively that allows one or more sensors to monitor at least a use of a space or one or more actions associated with people or objects in the space through the holes 810, 812, and 814. The modular base panels 804 and 808 are adapted with one or more shelves 816 and 820. The modular base panel 806 is adapted with a pegboard 10 818.

FIG. 8B illustrates an exemplary 60-degree dividing wall 822 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The 60-degree dividing wall 822 is formed by connecting one or more modular base panels along with one or more corner panels. In an embodiment, the one or more corner panels comprise a 60-degree corner panel.

FIG. 8C illustrates an exemplary 90-degree dividing wall 824 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The 90-degree dividing wall 824 is formed by connecting one or more modular base panels along with one or more corner panels. In an embodiment, the one or more corner panels comprise a 90-degree corner panel.

FIG. SD illustrates an exemplary hexagonal meeting space 826 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The hexagonal meeting space 826 is formed by connecting one or more modular base panels along with one or more corner panels. In an embodiment, the one or more corner panels comprise at least one of a 60-degree corner panel or a 90-degree corner panel.

FIG. 8E illustrates an exemplary triangular meeting space 828 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The triangular meeting space 828 is formed by connecting one or more modular base panels along with one or more corner panels. In an embodiment, the one or more corner panels comprise at least one of a 60-degree corner panel or a 90-degree corner panel.

FIG. 8F illustrates an exemplary small sized Y-shaped wall 830 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The small sized Y-shaped wall 830 is formed by connecting one or more modular base panels along with one or more corner panels. In an embodiment, the one or more corner panels comprise at least one of a 60-degree corner panel or a 90-degree corner panel.

FIG. 80 illustrates an exemplary medium sized Y-shaped wall 832 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The medium sized Y-shaped wall 832 is formed by connecting one or more modular base panels along with one or more corner panels. In an embodiment, the one or more corner panels comprise at least one of a 60-degree corner panel or a 90-degree corner panel.

FIG. 8H illustrates an exemplary large sized Y-shaped wall 834 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The large sized Y-shaped wall 834 is formed by connecting one or more modular base panels along with one or more corner panels. In an embodiment, the one or more corner panels comprise at least one of a 60-degree corner panel or a 90-degree corner panel.

FIG. 81 illustrates an exemplary 60-degree fractal wall 836 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The 60-degree fractal wall 836 is formed by connecting one or more modular base panels along with one or more corner panels. In an embodiment, the one or more corner panels comprise a 60-degree corner panel.

FIG. Si illustrates an exemplary small sized X-shaped wall 838 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The small sized X-shaped wall 838 is formed by connecting one or more modular base panels along with one or more corner panels. In an embodiment, the one or more corner panels comprise a 90-degree corner panel.

FIG. 8K illustrates an exemplary medium sized X-shaped wall 840 in accordance with an 25 embodiment of the present disclosure. The medium sized X-shaped wall 840 is formed by connecting one or more modular base panels along with one or more corner panels. In an embodiment, the one or more corner panels comprise a 90-degree corner panel.

FIG. 8L illustrates an exemplary large sized X-shaped wall 842 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The large sized X-shaped wall 842 is formed by connecting one or more modular base panels along with one or more corner panels. In an embodiment, the one or more corner panels comprise a 90-degree corner panel.

FIG. 8M illustrates an exemplary 90-degree fractal wall 844 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The 90-degree fractal wall 844 is formed by connecting one or more modular base panels along with one or more corner panels. In an embodiment, the one or more corner panels comprise a 90-degree corner panel.

FIGS. 9A-9F illustrate one or more exemplary office structures in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 9A illustrates a first office structure 902, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The first office structure 902 is an enclosed unit that is formed using one or more modular base panels, one or more corner panels and a door panel. In an embodiment, the first office structure 902 optionally a private room.

FIG. 9B illustrates a second office structure 904 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The second office structure 904 is an enclosed unit that is formed using one or more modular base panels, one or more corner panels and a door panel. In an embodiment, the second office structure 904 is a medium sized meeting space.

FIG. 9C illustrates a third office structure 906 in accordance with an embodiment of the 20 present disclosure. The third office structure 906 is an enclosed unit that is formed using one or more modular base panels, one or more corner panels and a door panel. In an embodiment, the third office structure 906 is a large sized meeting space.

FIG. 9D illustrates a fourth office structure 908 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The fourth office structure 908 is a C-shaped unit that is formed using one 25 or more modular base panels, one or more corner panels and a door panel. In an embodiment, the C-shaped unit is a meeting space.

FIG. 9E illustrates a fifth office structure 910 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The fifth office structure 910 is a 1-shaped unit that is formed using one or more modular base panels. In an embodiment, the fifth office structure 910 is a meeting space.

FIG. 9F illustrates a sixth office structure 912 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The sixth office structure 912 is a combination of two enclosed units that are formed using one or more modular base panels, one or more corner panels and a door panel. In an embodiment, the sixth office structure 912 is used as two separate meeting spaces.

FIGS. I 0A-10B illustrate layouts that show a pinch point analysis in an office space in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 10A illustrates a first layout 1002 that shows pinch points in an office space. in an embodiment, people who maintain distance more than 2 meters between each other are represented as 1004. In an embodiment, people who maintain distance less than 2 meters between each other are represented as 1006.

The first layout 1002 may comprise pinch points due to separate meeting spaces. FIG. 10B illustrates a second layout 1008 that shows no pinch points in an office space. The second layout 1008 comprises open plan cellularisation and increased circularization that reduces pinch points in the office space. The increased circularization may reduce the proximity between each other. In an embodiment, people who maintain distance more than 2 meters between each other are represented as 1010.

FIGS. I I A-I C illustrate one or more layouts of an office in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 11A illustrates an office space 1102 that is left unfurnished. FIG. 11B illustrates a monotonous space 1104 which offers flexibility but no variety of experience for users. FIG. 11C illustrates an office space 1106 that is constructed with one or more meeting rooms 1108A-N to offer storage and informal meeting rooms for users. One or more meeting rooms I108A-N are constructed using one or more modular panels based. Advantageously, one or more meeting rooms 1108A-N are constructed with no downtime and no cost beyond the lease of one or more modular panels.

FIG. 12 illustrates an exemplary scenario of testing a stability of a modular panel 1202 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. A person 1204 applies a horizontal force of X kiloNewton (kr%) on the modular panel 1202 at a height of h millimetre (mm). The modular panel 1202 includes a depth of d mm. Based on an overturning moment and a restoring moment of the modular panel 1202, counterweight of w kg to be added to the modular panel 1202 is calculated.

FIG. I 3A illustrates an exemplary graphical representation of calculation of counterweight requirement to a modular panel (e.g. for a straight wall) for a standalone structural stability in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. In the exemplary graphical representation, weight in kilogram (kg) is plotted in Y-axis against depth (d) of the modular panel in millimeter (mm) in x axis. For example, if a horizontal force of 0.74 kiloNewton (kN)/meter (m) at a height (h mm) of the modular panel with the depth of 550 mm, 120 kg of counterweight is required for adding to the modular panel for its structural stability. In some embodiments, a horizontal force of 1.5 kist/m at the height (h mm) of the modular panel is applied. The graphical representation includes a plot 1302 that illustrates the counterweight requirement for a panel structure with a single modular panel.

FIG. 13B illustrates an exemplary graphical representation of calculation of counterweight requirement to a modular panel (e.g. for a free-standing wall) for a standalone structural stability in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. In the exemplary graphical representation, weight in kilogram (kg) is plotted in Y-axis against depth (d) of the modular panel in millimeter (mm) in x axis. For example, if a horizontal force of 0.74 kiloNewton (kN)/meter (m) at a height (h mm) of the modular panel with the depth of 300 mm, 155 kg of counterweight is required for adding to the modular panel for its structural stability. In some embodiments, a horizontal force of 1.5 kNim at the height (h mm) of the modular panel is applied. The graphical representation includes a plot 1304 that illustrates the counterweight requirement for a panel structure with a single modular panel. The graphical representation also includes a plot 1306 that illustrates the counterweight requirement for a panel structure with two modular panels. The graphical representation also includes a plot 1308 that illustrates the counterweight requirement for a panel structure with three modular panels.

FIG. 14 illustrates an exemplary desk layout 1402 and a partition layout 1404 of an office space in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The present system may receive the desk layout 1402 as an input along with one or more project specific requirements. The one or more project specific requirements may include an office space size or office capacity, office requirements and restrictions such as particular division of spaces or spaces for at least 'n' number of people working in (i) office desks; (ii) meetings at a given point, a total number of people in the space according to time and a number of partitions required.

The present system may automatically recommend, using a recommendation algorithm, the partition layout 1404 based on the desk layout 1402 along with one or more project specific requirements. The present system may allow a user to design the partition layout 1404 using a drag and drop option through a client interface. The present system may validate the partition layout 1404 in real time and may provide feedback such as whether one or more office structures in the partition layout 1404 is stable or unstable and provide a counterweight requirement per units in the one or more office structures. The present system may comprise a dialog box in the client interface to provide the feedback. The client interface may be color coded and may present the one or more office structures in the partition layout 1404 in one or more colors.

FIGS. 15A-15B are flowcharts illustrating steps of a method for (of) constructing flexible (or adaptable) office structures using a modular panel system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. At a step 1502, at least one of project-specific information from a user through a client interface is received to construct one or more adaptable office structures in space. At a step 1504, an information associated with previous designs or redesigns that are connection with the at least one project-specific information is retrieved by processing the at least one project-specific information. In an embodiment, the information associated with previous designs or redesigns is collected from the one or more sensors positioned in the plurality of modular panels configured in one or more adaptable office structures or one or more sensors positioned in a plurality of similar spaces that uses the previous designs or redesigns. At a step 1506, one or more designs with structural stability and optimized utilization of the space are recommended using a recommendation algorithm based on the information associated with the previous designs or redesigns. At a step 1508, the plurality of modular panels is configured or reconfigured to construct the one or more adaptable office structures with structural stability within the space based on the one or more recommended designs such that the plurality of modular panels does not have to be fixed to a base wall or ceiling.

FIG. 16 is an illustration of an exploded view of a distributed computing architecture/system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The exploded view comprises a user device or a client device that comprises an input interface 1602, a control module that comprises a processor 1604, a memory 1606 and a non-volatile storage 1608, processing instructions 1610, a shared/ distributed storage 1612, a server that comprises a server processor 1614, a server memory 1616 and a server non-volatile storage 1618 and an output interface 1620. The function of the processor 1604, the memory 1606 and the non-volatile storage 1608 are thus identical to the server processor 1614, the server memory 1616 and the server non-volatile storage 1618 respectively. The functions of these parts are as described above.

Modifications to embodiments of the present disclosure described in the foregoing are possible without departing from the scope of the present disclosure as defined by the accompanying claims. Expressions such as "including", "comprising", "incorporating", "have-, "is" used to describe and claim the present disclosure are intended to be construed in a non-exclusive manner, namely allowing for items, components or elements not explicitly described also to be present. Reference to the singular is also to be construed to relate to the plural.

Claims

CLAIMS1. A modular panel system for constructing flexible (or adaptable) office structures, characterized in that the modular panel system comprises: a plurality of modular panels, wherein each modular panel comprises a first prefabricated box; one or more sensors that are positioned in the first prefabricated box to monitor at least a use of space: a second prefabricated box, wherein the second prefabricated box comprises an area that is configured to house one or more weights for providing structural stability to the plurality of modular panels; and one or more side panels for joining the first prefabricated box and the second prefabricated box to create a shape and a size of each modular panel; and a server that comprises a processor that is configured to receive at least one project-specific information from a user through a client interface to construct one or more adaptable office structures in the space; retrieve information associated with previous designs or redesigns that are connection with the at least one project-specific information by processing the at least one project-specific information, wherein the information associated with the previous designs or redesigns are collected from the one or more sensors positioned in the plurality of modular panels configured in one or more adaptable office structures used in the previous designs or redesigns or one or more sensors positioned in a plurality of similar spaces that uses the previous designs or redesigns; and recommends, using a recommendation algorithm, one or more designs with structural stability optimized utilization of the space based on the S information associated with the previous designs or redesigns, characterized in that the plurality of modular panels is configured or reconfigured to construct the one or more adaptable office structures with structural stability within the space based on the one or more recommended designs such that the plurality of modular panels does not have to be fixed to a base building structure.
2. A modular panel system according to claim 1, characterized in that the first prefabricated box further comprises a first inlet and a first outlet and the second prefabricated box further comprises a second inlet and a second outlet, wherein the first inlet and the first outlet and the second inlet and a second outlet allow one or more cables to flow through each modular panel when the plurality of modular panels are configured or reconfigured to form the one or more adaptable office structures.
3. A modular panel system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that weight of each of the plurality of modular panels is approximately 68 kg, wherein each of the plurality of modular panels is broken down into smaller elements of a maximum weight of about 20 kilograms (kg).
4. A modular panel system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the processor (i) analyses information about the use of the space retrieved from the one or more sensors in the plurality of modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures or from the one or more sensors positioned in the space; and (ii) recommends, using the recommendation algorithm, at least one re-design to adapt the shape or size of the one or more adaptable office structures with structural stability to effectively optimize the utilization of the space.
5. A modular panel system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the plurality of modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures enables to adjust the one or more weights housed in the second prefabricated box while reconfiguring the one or more adaptable office structures based on the recommended redesign to provide structural stability.
6. A modular panel system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the modular panel system further comprises at least one fascia unit that is connected to the one or more adaptable office structures, wherein the at least one fascia unit is selected from a group comprising a top and bottom rail, a wood board, a window panel, a pegboard, a blackboard, a whiteboard, a vinyl covering, a corkboard, green walls and lockers.
7. A modular panel system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the each modular panel further comprises a fascia rail that is connected to split the first prefabricated box from the second prefabricated box, wherein the fascia rail allows the at least one fascia unit to connect with the plurality of modular panels.
S. A modular panel system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the plurality of modular panels adapts at least one shelve or folding desk or folding hot desk, wherein the folding desk or folding hot desk folds down from a fascia unit for use by visitors or in hot desk environments and comprises one or more legs attached to form a structurally rigid table, when in use.
9. A modular panel system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the modular panel system further comprises (i) a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for controlling lighting, air-conditioning, temperature, and ventilation associated with the space based on the information retrieved from the one or more sensors in the one or more adaptable office structures or in the space and (ii) ceiling units, for constructing an enclosed adaptable office structure
10. A modular panel system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the plurality of modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures is reusable to form a new adaptable office structure.
11. A modular panel system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in 5 that the processor further uses at least one of a machine learning algorithm or an artificial intelligence algorithm to recommend the one or more designs with the optimized utilization of the space, wherein the processor trains the machine learning algorithm or the artificial intelligence algorithm with a plurality of designs used in a plurality of spaces, wherein the machine learning algorithm or the artificial intelligence algorithm is configured to receive 10 the at least one of project-specific information from the user or information associated with the use of the space retrieved from the one or more sensors as an input and to output the recommendation of the one or more designs with structural stability and optimized utilization of the office space for constructing the one or more adaptable office structures having structural stability.
12. A method for (of) constructing flexible (or adaptable) office structures using a modular panel system, characterized in that the method comprising: receiving at least one of project-specific information from a user through a client interface to construct one or more adaptable office structures in space; retrieving information associated with previous designs or redesigns that are connection with the at least one project-specific information by processing the at least one project-specific information, wherein the information associated with the previous designs or redesigns are collected from the one or more sensors positioned in the plurality of modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures used in the previous designs or redesigns or from one or more sensors positioned in a plurality of similar spaces that uses the previous designs or redesigns; recommending, using a recommendation algorithm, a one or more designs with structural stability and optimized utilization of the space based on the information associated with the previous designs or redesigns; and configuring or reconfiguring the plurality of modular panels to construct the one or 5 more adaptable office structures with structural stability within the space based on the one or more recommended designs such that the plurality of modular panels does not have to be fixed to a base building structure.
13. A method according to claim I 2, characterized in that the method further comprises monitoring use of the space using the one or more sensors in the plurality of modular 10 panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures or one or more sensors that are positioned in the space; recommending, using the recommendation algorithm, at least one redesign to adapt a shape or size of the one or more adaptable office structures with structural stability to effectively optimize the utilization of the space; and.reconfiguring the one or more adaptable office structures based on the recommended redesign to effectively optimize the utilization of the space, wherein the plurality of modular panels configured in the one or more adaptable office structures enables to adjust the one or more weights housed in the second prefabricated box while reconfiguring the one or more adaptable office structures based on the recommended redesign to provide structural stability.
14. A method according to any one of the preceding claims 12 to 13, characterized in that the method further comprises monitoring, using the one or more sensors in the plurality of modular panels, at least one of (i) a distance between people, (ii) people and objects count, (iii) a posture of each people and objects, (iv) temperature of the space, or (iv) a light intensity in the space; analyzing at least one of (i) the distance between people, (ii) the people and objects count, (iii) the posture of each people and objects, (iv) the temperature of the space, or (iv) the light intensity in the space; and providing at least one alert that comprises at least one of ( ) an optimum distance to 5 be maintained between the people, (ii) a notification to close doors or windows when open while rooms are empty or (iii) a notification to clean whiteboard when it is not cleaned after meeting.
15. A computer program product comprising instructions to cause the system of any one of claims Ito I 1 to carry out the method of any one of claims 12 to 14.