Ever since Nick Allen posted the comment below earlier today I’ve been obsessed with the concept of turning ISA’s “Core” concept in their design into a prefab element.
While we gave up on prefabbing entire homes long ago due to cost and the constraints of Philly’s narrow infill lots, there could be something to the combination of SIPs and locally prefabbed “ISA Cores” that could be “dropped” into the shell of a house to expedite the construction timeline.
Check out the links in Nick’s comment below for examples of this concept in practice.
Originally posted by Nick Allen from the Modern Residential Design blog:
Kitchen/Bathroom
I think the kitchen/bathroom pod is a great solution. Prefabbing would be good too.I thought these might be of use, some old links I had about kitchen/bathroom pods:
http://mocoloco.com/archives/002730.phphttp://www.elements-europe.com/index.php?path=Products/Copod/Types
and star endorsements too: Jade uses them in her apartments…..http://www.jadenyc.com
It’s an idea that is certainly worthy of consideration…
Image credit: Moco Loco Blog
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There was an american with a similar product - Core:Systems. They were buzzing around the prefab messageboards for a while but then their website went down.
http://www.buildwithcore.com/
Not sure what happened with them.
Heading to a local contact today who owns a custom woodworking shop and my have the space to build this type of core.
Our firm manufactures prefab kitchens and baths here in the US. Are market is multi-story residential.
Call me if you have any questions. Our goal is to reduce the overall construction schedule by 25%, reduce the bathroom cost by 10% through manufacturing efficiency, increase the quality and reduce waste.
(516) 509-2170
The company name is Eden idi and our website is www.edenidi.com.
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