Modular Housing in Latin America: Assembly, Joinery, and Transportation Methods in Construction

In a constant search to find new ways to reduce costs and construction times, modular architecture emerges as an opportunity to implement various methods, technologies, and techniques to design livable spaces using separate repetitive elements such as modules. As Tom Hardiman, executive director of the Modular Building Institute (MBI), maintains, "Modular" is not about a construction product but rather a construction process.

Modular Housing in Latin America: Assembly, Joinery, and Transportation Methods in Construction
MRO Shack / iHouse estudio. Image © Aldo Lanzi MRO Shack / iHouse estudio. Image © Aldo Lanzi

In a constant search to find new ways to reduce costs and construction times, modular architecture emerges as an opportunity to implement various methods, technologies, and techniques to design livable spaces using separate repetitive elements such as modules. As Tom Hardiman, executive director of the Modular Building Institute (MBI), maintains, "Modular" is not about a construction product but rather a construction process.

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