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>Kit/manufactured homes. Huge demand for prefab home options that don't suck. We're seeing this with tiny homes and upscale ADUs - someone who brings the costs
by traverseda 4y ago
>Kit/manufactured homes. Huge demand for prefab home options that don't suck. We're seeing this with tiny homes and upscale ADUs - someone who brings the costs down will control the space.
On this topic, I can't help but feel like a franchise system based on japanese-dome-house would work well. https://www.i-domehouse.com/ https://www.i-domehouse.com/
They're essentially made out of styrofoam with a cement stucco, but the moulding option with styrofoam present some very interesting architecture options Things like straight walls to counter height, than a gothic arch for snow/wind load, or a patterned exterior for growing ivy on? Obviously a bunch of modules that connect together.
I also feel like there are some advances in styrofoam (polystyrene foam) materials, like fiber-reinforcement.
Easily mouldable, inexpensive, and a great insulator. That plus some twinwall plastic windows and you've got great insulation and a building that should last a long time. I recognize that there are environmental concerns with building a house out of hydrocarbons, but I figure as long as the building stick around long enough it probably isn't that bad for the environment. Depending on heating/cooling requirements it may even being a better choice than wooden houses environmentally.
- kritiko 4y agoThey already tried the dome housing thing in Texas - https://www.monolithic.org/monolithic https://www.monolithic.org/monolithic - I don't think it works for the floor plan / amenities / square footage that Americans expect.
- traverseda 4y agoIt's less about the dome and more about the manufacturing method. Basically moulded Styrofoam in whatever shapes.