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> All that pouring and sawing and drilling and slathering of raw materials to do one-off designs for houses that are then filled with standardized ikea furnitur
by njoro 8y ago
> All that pouring and sawing and drilling and slathering of raw materials to do one-off designs for houses that are then filled with standardized ikea furniture which fits the custom room shape poorly.
Well, IKEA does have a joint venture with a construction company to make prefab apartments.
https://www.boklok.com/about-the-BoKlok-concept/ https://www.boklok.com/about-the-BoKlok-concept/
https://medium.com/@bartholomewhearn/the-flat-pack-taken-to-the-next-level-the-boklok-concept-26078e433b3f https://medium.com/@bartholomewhearn/the-flat-pack-taken-to-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwvvcgoHC9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwvvcgoHC9w
> Manual labor is too costly for such a bespoke approach.
Not in the US were there are always people willing to swing a nail gun to feed thier family.
- andrewksu 8y agoRecent CA costs for a framer range $65-125/hr. That adds up fast.