July 17 2008 / by Antonio Manfredi
Category: The Home Year: 2008 Month: Jul Rating: 9 Hot
The Metropolitan Museum of Art unveils an exhibition that shows
the technological innovation behind the pre-fabricated home. These
made to order homes may represent the homes of the future.
Highlighting the growing innovation in pre-fab homes, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art has unveiled an exhibit highlighting the
technological innovation behind the pre-fab home and how designers
are responding to global trends.
Unveiled at the show will be a full scale prototype of the
System 3, a design by Architects Oskar Kaufman and Albert Ruf.
After years of pursuing the optimum in high quality low cost
design, the System 3 is the pinnacle of austere elegance. Looking
like a direct cousin of a shipping container the System 3 abandones
traditional notions of architectural design. The truly intersting
aspect of it’s design however is it’s ability to be “stacked”,
taking multiple units and creating anything from hotels to office
towers and luxury villas. (cont.)
At a cost of $130,000, including site prep, the System 3 is
designed to be a value. By combining the flexibility of connecting
multiple cubes together, the System 3 may represent a fast and
affordable way to build small homes, offices, and hotels in the
future. By relying on a centralized production line in Austria,
pre-fab homes like the System 3 will also be able to make the best
use of new technology systems, and will be able to respond to
changing needs globally much more rapidly.
The question remains whether or not pre-fab designs will
represent the future of the global housing market, built to a
consumers specs and delivered to their address with a button
click.
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