Domicology (ABANDONED BUILDINGS, RECYCLED HOUSES & GHOST TOWNS) with Rex LaMore
Ologies with Alie Ward
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Is Modularity a Way to Build More Affordable Housing?
A 90 year lifespan for most residential buildings does that really depend on how fast a certain suburban sprawl went up or what style of house I feel like ranch houses in California can't last as long as these Victorian houses out east brick. The idea that modularity offers a opportunity to build more affordable housing which is certainly a challenge for much of the United States. Can we in a modular process deconstruct a structure at some future date and then salvage that material and then recycle that within the next modular structure that's being built? These are some of the research questions that we're anxious to try to find answers to.
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