Land+Living: M7 Prototype

Architecture — November 23, 2004 Posted by Anthony

Low-cost housing

The feature article this month at Domus highlights a group of Chilean architects and their system of designing low-cost housing.

The M7 prototype is the result of a slow process of research and development, begun in 2001 by the Chilean architects’ cooperative URO1.ORG. Its aim was to find modular construction solutions that would allow users to freely configure and construct their own small-scale architecture. The weekend home, located at Tunquén on a green plateau facing the Pacific Ocean, was used as an experiment to study a variety of possible materials and to perfect assembly methods based on extreme simplicity and practical economy.

Full article available at Domus.

Firm: URO1.org
Via: Domus (Registration Req'd)

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Comments (3)

brad junk — December 8, 2004

it's about time soome one realizes the modern and modular go together and to be modern modular should be afordable. modern should not be out of the reach of those who need it. great look

Paul — December 13, 2004
Build it and they will come

I'm with you Brad... although the apeal of a "modern design" has all to do with personal taste. Trying to get these modular home factories in Pa to get involved in the movement is tough.. They just don't have the "build it and they will buy it" mentality.I'm tired of putting up raised ranches.. but the price point per square foot is the key to turning a profit, on the low end of the market. Hope I find an alternative soon...

mmmmoooo05 — April 4, 2005
global modular

modularity is global. square feet prime over design. how will productstravel over the world if they don´t match/multiply/divide/fit in the modularity of a container or a palet. good effort for this house. the one who reaches the perfect equation between modularity for housing/living + construction materials/housing supplies + transportation will be the winner.