By Design

For many people, the term 'prefab housing' conjures up images of demountable aluminum boxes in caravan parks, a substandard home that they associate with impoverished circumstances.

But in recent years there has been a new excitement about the possibilities of prefabricated houses that can be built off site and delivered complete. Prefab is in fashion. And championing the search for prefabricated design solutions to how we live is New York's Museum of Modern Art.

In a new show this month, MOMA has commissioned five architects to design and erect prefab houses on a vacant block of land next to the museum; an event which is capturing the imagination of New Yorkers. The exhibtion is called 'Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling'.

Guests

Barry Bergdoll
Chief curator of architecture and design, Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Further Information

MOMA exhibition site

NYTimes story + images

Presenter

Alan Saunders

Producer

Mark Wakely

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