For Affordable Housing, The Revolution Will Be Modularized

2021-07-28T14:51:00-04:00

Across the globe, the design and construction of affordable housing is failing to meet demand, leaving both low and middle income dwellers with little choice but to accept high costs, substandard conditions, or a move away from urban centers. This reality not only presents dangerous environmental and social conditions, but also underpins a fundamental failure of our current processes to design and construct quality affordable housing. In the face of this crisis, architects are finding opportunities for change. In this article, we speak with architect David Wallance FAIA, whose new book The Future of Modular Architecture sets out a paradigm-shift vision for the future of affordable housing. Here, we discuss the details of Wallance’s industrial-scale system, derived from the standard dimensions of intermodal shipping units, as well as the major changes such a system would bring to cities, housing markets, the environment, architectural education, and the business structure of the arch...

Rainville-Sangaré's Background in Industrial Design Gives Their Architecture a Unique Character

2017-08-14T12:20:00-04:00

Lambert Rainville and Nicholas Sangaré founded their Montreal-based eponymous office in 2015. Both with backgrounds in industrial design, their studio transverses scales, designing everything from spoons to commercial spaces. The duo, whom recently won the 2017 Phyllis Lambert Grant given to Québécois architects, designers and creative professionals for exhibiting exceptional quality in their work, reflect on their design practice below.

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For Affordable Housing, The Revolution Will Be Modularized

Rainville-Sangaré's Background in Industrial Design Gives Their Architecture a Unique Character