| An exhibition called Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling is holding in the Museum of Modern Art. This exhibition has invited five architects to each build a house on a vacant New York. One of houses by Massachusetts Institute of Technology associate professor Larry Sass. This project was called Instant House and attempted to "harness the speed and precision of laser cutters to fabricate simple shelters quickly and inexpensively". The design features grooves and notches so that the laser cut plywood panels can interlock without any traditional fasteners. The first prototype was assembled by five students who were equipped with only rubber mallets. Amazingly they were able to fully assemble the entire house in just two days. It's estimated that in large scale production the houses would only cost about $40 000. |
