astudio model on the UK housing crisis at Royal Academy of Arts in London
astudio model on UK housing crisis
2018 RAA Summer Exhibition London, England, UK
22 Jun 2018
astudio model on UK housing crisis at Royal Academy of Arts London
astudio model on the UK housing crisis selected by the Royal Academy of Arts for its prestigious Summer Exhibition
astudio views modern modular housing as a potential key part of the solution to the UK?s crisis in the lack of affordable housing.
British Architecture firm astudio has been invited to exhibit its model on the UK housing crisis by the Royal Academy of Arts for at its prestigious Summer Exhibition. astudio views modern modular housing as potentially a key part of the solution to the lack of affordable housing in the UK.
The innovative and abstract sculpture creatively made from 3D printed modular units, replicates an offsite modulated and prefabricated housing system. Constructed with six types of unit, stacked in different orientations, the design stands at two-meters high, incorporating the equivalent of 150 homes in a range of one-bed, two-bed and three-bed apartments.
Created over a three week period, the sculpture entitled POP.U.LATE symbolises the impact offsite manufacturing could make in tackling the UK?s housing crisis. Using design for manufacture and modern methods of assembly, modular homes can be built to high quality, more efficiently than traditional practices and they have the potential to be an important part of ...