These Stackable LEGO-Like Prefab Apartments Reinvent Affordable Housing - Architecture Blogs

These Stackable LEGO-Like Prefab Apartments Reinvent Affordable Housing



In another blow to the already beleaguered home buyer’s market, Zillow recently released a revised home price forecast predicting that U.S. home prices would rise approximately 14.9 percent between March 2022 and March 2023. While this is a slight downturn of almost three percent from their estimates last month, it’s still not the most encouraging news for people in the market for new digs.

The already distinctively difficult market has become even more complicated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as many people have had to evaluate how they both live and work by either working from home or incorporating a hybrid home/work schedule. So where does this leave young professionals looking for affordable housing"
While the answer is complex, there are some developers looking to create affordable solutions when it comes to finding a place to call home.
Enter French developer Bouyges Immobilier, who launched a co-living company last year to create a new template for how “we rent, use, and share living spaces.” Pairing with the Paris-based architecture studio Cutwork, Immobilier’s aim is deceptively simple: an interior design concept that gives “working people, between 25 to 40 years old, [access to] high-quality, affordable living and a socially connected life…” But how does this lofty goal translate in real life"
To find the answer, look to LEGO.
Currently on display in Paris, the 26-square-meter PolyRoom prototype prefab...
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