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Skender Made an Apartment Assembly Line to Create Homes

— December 10, 2018 — Art & Design
References: skender & fastcompany
Chicago-based Skender is launching a new ambitious plan to change the way people view housing by focusing on simple construction. With a new assembly line, this new apartment factory will produce standardized apartment units that can easily be bolted into a steel-framed stack on a building site. The new Skender factory hopes to cut construction costs by as much as 40% and will speed up this process by as much as 20%.

Skender has already shown off the first prototype: a white-walled bedroom equipped with a Nest thermostat, a Crate & Barrel two-platform bed and a scent diffuser. The first of the apartments are expected to roll out in 2019 and will be transported for assembly on a 110-unit condo building in the city's West Loop.

Trend Themes

  1. Standardized Housing Units — The trend towards producing standardized housing for quicker and more economic construction.
  2. Off-site Construction — The trend towards building housing units off-site to streamline the construction process.
  3. Smart Home Technologies — The trend towards incorporating smart home technologies into standardized housing units.

Industry Implications

  1. Construction — Standardized housing units create the potential for more efficient and cost-effective construction in the industry.
  2. Real Estate — Standardized housing units could lower the cost of building new units, making real estate development more accessible to individuals and smaller companies.
  3. Smart Home — The integration of smart home technologies in standardized housing units could revolutionize the smart home industry.
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