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From: Stephen Perrella <sp43@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 20:50:56 -0400
>Mark: >Designer prefabs.
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>Why not? Maybe not PJ, but modulars and prefabs are one of only a very few
>affordable housing options available to moderate income households (beyond
>rental), and they represent a good design opportunity.
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>The biggest problem of course (as Dave suggests by noting the filling station)
>is land use law, which often discriminates against people by discriminting
>against use types. If the problem were worked at from the back side (by
>designing more readily accepted manufactureds and having designers and
>manufacturers push from their end), rather than trying from the top down, maybe
>this field can be opened up a bit.
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spN: ok, enough talk about actual practice. Let's try to do something. I
propose that Design-L "collectively" takes on the design challenge of a
prefab trailer home. asci art and a www site is all we need. Why not take
on an actual design like this and see if we can't do it bottom up!
Internet up!!!! EMERGENT ARCHITECTURE
Stephen Perrella
Columbia University