Exploring how off-site, modular construction could help us build better, faster, and cheaper today.
Status: First prototype delivered in Paris
Client: Bouygues Immobilier
Type: Residential, Coliving
Scope: Prefab Architecture
Size: Adaptive
Bouygues Immobilier, one of the largest developers and operators in France, asked us to continue our research from PolyRoom and explore how modular construction could be key to creating adaptive, flexible housing solutions in different contexts, from urban to rural.
This case study focuses on how the singular unit can be industrially produced and stacked to establish residential units across different contexts.
With the ambition to develop over 15 sites in France, our work is ongoing and multidisciplinary, including architecture, interior design, innovation research, ‘look & feel’ interior brand guidelines, custom furniture and interior fittings, feasibility studies, and artistic direction for photo, video, exhibition, print materials, etc.
Bouygues Immobilier, one of the largest developers and operators in France, asked us to continue our research from PolyRoom and explore how modular construction could be key to creating adaptive, flexible housing solutions in different contexts, from urban to rural.
This case study focuses on how the singular unit can be industrially produced and stacked to establish residential units across different contexts.
With the ambition to develop over 15 sites in France, our work is ongoing and multidisciplinary, including architecture, interior design, innovation research, ‘look & feel’ interior brand guidelines, custom furniture and interior fittings, feasibility studies, and artistic direction for photo, video, exhibition, print materials, etc.
Building homes today means confronting the rising housing crisis.
The UN has projected that by 2050, there will be 3 billion more people living in cities than today. If this continues at the current rate of growth for housing, more than 2 billion new homes will be constructed by the end of the 21st century.
This means building a one-million person city every week.
Modular adaptability: buildings stacked like LEGO bricks.
PolyRoom singular module is designed to be produced in bulk and stacked like LEGO bricks to build complete residential blocks (PolyBloc) in significantly less time than conventional construction methods.
Modular construction can enable rapid, adaptive urbanization across diverse conditions, constraints, and contexts.
Modular adaptability: buildings stacked like LEGO bricks.
PolyRoom singular module is designed to be produced in bulk and stacked like LEGO bricks to build complete residential blocks (PolyBloc) in significantly less time than conventional construction methods.
Modular construction can enable rapid, adaptive urbanization across diverse conditions, constraints, and contexts.