Why does everything look the same? The key to a new type of building

[@NickDak1]

Not a fan of modern architecture but we need solutions for getting people into their own homes and property. I’m happy to see things like this

[@jirehla-ab1671]

U also watch strong towns right?

[@Skyfire-x]

Modern architecture is highly optimized for cost/materials.

[@Tullochr105]

Great Idea, reminds of a CruiseShip cabin assembly factory

[@johnbolt2686]

Modularization has been the "next big thing" in construction since the end of WWII. Peak modular construction was in the last century. It is absolutely not a 21st century approach and it fundamentally misunderstands the value proposition buildings.

[@slimeminem7402]

He asked good questions and he talks/answers so well 😮🎉

[@BokoMoko65]

It will be just like The SIMS game. Just on the real life. You'll buy modules and customize your own home by using standard components.

[@theprojectxy87]

You mean IKEA? 😂

[@Timertraveler4824]

I am here to support free thinking and support problem solvers... I love these vids and I wish we had more emphasis on this type of thinking in all industries.

[@chukwuemekakalu822]

Only God knows how much grateful i am. After so much struggles I now own a new house and my family is happy once again everything is finally falling into place!!

[@TyroneHolland-c2z]

Wow that's huge, how do you make that much monthly?

[@SantiagoPablo-mx9no]

I'm 37 and have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??

[@anthonyshiels9273]

Kindly address the topic under discussion and PLEASE REFRAIN FROM CLUTTERING THIS PAGE WITH IRRELEVANT SCAM MESSAGES

[@garrettfamily3675]

How tall can they actually go? Are they designing for earthquake resistance? How do elevator shafts work in this design? Are they creating modules for ground floor commercial spaces? So many unanswered questions.

[@manjeetgill1]

In the UK modular housing was used after the war in large quantities. However now its consideredd "non standard construction" and you cant get a morgage against it, as its considered to be hard to repair and maintain

[@cmw3737]

The concept of a container with standard constraints but fully customisable within it is a principle that applies to lots of things beyond architecture like the colourful streets of Amsterdam and other places with variety within conformity. It's what leads to playfulness and beauty. It's what makes a good game, not just The Sims. It's what helps to create happy employees. Follow these rules but do it your way and bring your creativity. Similar for raising children. It's democratic states. It's Yin/Yang. It's everywhere once you see it.

[@samajier2566]

Thanks for sharing..

[@DavidElzeitsinfill]

I would like to come visit the experiment shap in NJ.

[@RiRian-cw7pr]

My issue with modular cities, houses, or buildings is that the wealthy elite could potentially own the most scenic spots in the country. Since traditional construction or residences are considered fixed and immovable, the most expensive properties are often located in historically established areas. However, if these structures become movable, nothing would prevent the ultra-elite from acquiring prime locations that should otherwise be reserved for parks, travel destinations, or healing and recreational spaces.

[@bennyflint]

People need beauty and variety in the places they live and work. Otherwise we end up as depressed automatons. How does this solution address that?

[@OlafHermans-x8g]

stability in housing is not just a place to sleep but also a place to own

[@katherandefy]

💯💯💯 damn time too! 👏👏👏

[@EKGunnarsson]

This was a terrible video. The video begins with a whole 14 minutes evangelical trust fund baby bro saying how he's going to save the world. With technology that has been around for for a quite a long time now. The music the editing the pacing it is all subpar. I expect more from freethink videos.

[@10-OSwords]

Housing should not be used to "create wealth", that's why corporations are buying up all the housing & everyone is LOSING THEIR HOMES! DECOMODIFY HOUSING is the answer, not some crap about how housing is made-has nothing to do with the fact that people can't afford housing.

[@simonwatkins999]

Isn't part of the problem that a housing shortage is in the interest of those building housing. Market ecomonics.

[@justinmas299]

Should result in lower cost, will result in qc problems. Will be interesting when you have a bathroom recall after 2 years.

[@asandax6]

Lower cost is a dream. Any new product coming out is aimed at making as much money as possible.

[@kevinbryer2425]

If you can't move the unit out of a high rise structure, put it on a trailer and to be towed by a pickup truck, or a train, and deploy it in a suburban backyard as an ADU, or on to an empty field as a starter home, and then build a clear span structure on that field and slot the unit in, and visa versa, is it really modular? A truly modular solution necessitates two components, units closely resembling shipping containers, and a multistory structure designed to facilitate the movement of such units into and out of it. Basically a parking garage with a centrally located crane, and the units arrayed outwards around an interior courtyard. Units would be driven directly into the street level of the courtyard and lifted into its assigned level and slot, trailer and all. That structure can then be decorated to fit the local architecture. The units themselves, singularly or bolted together, can serve any purpose from a self storage unit, to a farm, to an office, to a workshop, to a restaurant, to a housing unit. This wide variety of functions encourages municipalities and land owners to overbuild because that real estate can always be used for something productive by someone, though there are bound to be certain functions that work together better than others. The most important feature however, is that the individual units can be owned by individuals. In the urban context, rent is charged by square footage, or perhaps by twenty-foot equivalent units or TEU. The property owner provides electrical, data, power, water, and sewer hookups, but the unit owner pays for these utilities and is free to make whatever alterations to their unit they desire.

[@ahmedbekhadra4778]

This ain't gonna work on tackling the housing crisis, home ownership in the US conditioned by private equity investments and landlords, which rises the pace to provide housing for the proletariat population and widening the social income gap, solutions must be prompted by large scale incentives, subsidies and collaborations where there is an imperative nexus for mixed income households in the places we inhabit, not how we build them.

[@bign1667]

Hey Australia... Are you listening to these guys speaking ?

[@MassDynamic]

so this is a prefab home but large sections of the home comes from different factories?

[@neumanngregor]

What cud go wrong ?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@callibor3119]

Uh, this Ready Player One the Broadway, my dudes. lol

[@neumanngregor]

Very, very short version of the video: Dude invents Lego for buildings, lets play with them, look i did not make the modules as ugly as the modular buildings made by the soviets in the time of Lenin.

[@piuniverse9306]

Oooh so its like a Lego house company right?

[@parkerhyland7513]

I love this concept - particularly excited about standardizing the underlying infrastructure so that you could have specialized builders who focus on building shippable rooms. Being able to mix-and-match rooms, like basic bedrooms from Ikea, an artisanal/hand-built chef's kitchen, a "Japandi" primary bathroom, maybe a home office built by like Steelcase + Logitech, all bolted into the standard "Assembly" frame... Super compelling, and hopefully lowers the barrier to entry for not just buying/building housing and other buildings, but also choosing to start a room building company.

[@searchingfortruth619]

This guys represents the best of capitalism. Love this so much.

[@duncanny5848]

The Japanese have been building many aspects of there cities like this for over 600 tears!!

[@ToyotaCorolla-d6z]

If it works it will be replicated widely and quickly

[@PatVachon]

Tiny homes? Add some wheels and ready to roll.

[@happy..1907]

Talking AWS to an ex-Googler😂

[@hofimastah]

That has been tried many times before and always ended up with a massive failure. Please stop before you manage to convince some idiot that this is a good idea

[@Rom2Serge]

Exactly Soviet union was doing the same way. I cannot say it was a total failure coz it gave a lot of boring cheap housing.

[@writethepath8354]

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[@tetrahedralone]

Everyone talks about the housing shortage but fails to even mention the fact that this is created by unsustainable population growth targets. Adding more than 2.5 million people per year to the country without any plan to house them or for the infrastructure to support them is what creates this problem. As the very existence of the problem highlights, the market is not addressing the issue. The lack of a government plan results in environmental degradation, an imbalance of supply and demand driving up costs and the housing "shortage". It frequently means that the existing population subsidizes the newcomers. We need government targets to have a feedback mechanism if it is going to play with market forces.

[@duncanny5848]

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[@ttopero]

I like freethink topics, but video podcasts are not a desirable content format, especially when the topic is more interesting with visuals.

[@m.pearce3273]

For freethink you guys sure do not appreciate that we don't have the time to worry about this with an extinction event by 2050