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The New York Times reports: ...the Museum of Modern Art has commissioned five architects to erect their own prefab dwellings in a vacant lot on West 53rd Street, adjacent to the museum. Whittled down from a pool of about 400, the five architects are participating in “Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling,” an exhibition opening in July. The MoMa site fills in some blanks: This exhibition will offer the most thorough examination of both the historical and contemporary significance of factory-produced architectures to date. With increasing concern about issues such as sustainability and the swelling global population, prefabrication has again taken center stage as a prime solution to a host of pressing needs. The prefabricated structure has long served as a central precept in the history of modern architecture, and it continues to spur innovative manufacturing and imaginative design.... A Prefab Project says: Perhaps notable for the absence of any of the commercially successful prefab architects working in the US, still kind of a big deal... Haute Nature also commented. What: Exhibition: Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling
Where: MoMa New York City
When: July 20 - October 20, 2008
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FlatPak House, Rocio Romero, Marmol Radziner... these guys are actually building houses that people are living in. Generally speaking, the 5 architects they are highlighting are great in theory, but not so great in practice.
Just a thought.