Prefabrication

This summer one of our own faculty, KEN TADASHI OSHIMA had the privilege to comment on and participate in an exhibit at the MoMA in New York. This exhibit discusses and documents fabrication and prefabrication for housing around the world. Five full scale houses were built on an open lot in mid-town Manhattan to illustrate prefabrication and innovative construction techniques. Check out the videos on the site. What challenges does prefabrication create for the design of our homes? What challenges do builders face? Does the drive towards automation make standardization inevitable, or do these next generation examples allow for mass customization?