PreFab CONSTRUCTION – Sustainable building for the future
Wednesday February 21st 2007, 12:38 pm

Filed under: architecture, design, earth

One of Jacque Fresco’s future construction concepts is that prefab components will be assembled by robotic cranes, and buildings will have an infinite number of possible design variations. Many perceive prefab construction to have unoriginal, cheap, cookie-cutter designs, but in reality it simply means that components are efficiently manufactured and assembled quickly like Legos. Traditional construction results in a ton of waste, is usually energy and resource inefficient, and less structurally strong than prefab construction.

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Check out this incredible tour of a Living Homes prefab home.

Also, a Scoble interview with the founder of Clever Homes.

Finally, check out Perrinepods, an Australian company that will be manufacturing stackable pods that are basically “plug-and-play” like an iPod, with internal wiring and plumbing built-in. [source link]

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