Fabricating the Modern Dwelling in Midtown

The prefab housing has arrived and been constructed at MoMA for their Home Delivery exhibit (opening on the 20th and running through October 20th). The exhibit examines the factory-produced architecture which has been a part of our landscape since 1833; five full-scale residences have been installed in the museum's 54th Street lot, while the 6th floor exhibit delves into the prefab's timeline. Prepare for residential envy! Here are some photos of the construction (the NY Times also has a slideshow)...with the grand unveiling coming next week.

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viva prefab! this is going to be awesome.

Woo -- this looks terrific.

its too bad they didnt include anything involving transoceanic shipping containers. there's even an NY artist who uses them for prefab! Adam Kalkin:

http://www.architectureandhygiene.com/main.html

Looks cool. Hopefully, quality, stylish prefab homes will be affordable in my lifetime.

Super cool. The furure of housing is: fully recycled/recyclable, carbon-free, and physically not large and non-sprawling. Anything else these days is becoming indefensible.

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