In an age where virtually every product is built in a factory, why are new homes in America still built by local contractors? Will all homes eventually be built inside of factories at a fraction of the current cost? Can we construct beautiful homes in factories that are more energy-efficient than ever before?
In six episodes of Predicting Our Future, Andrew Weinreich explores how people can save 50% on the cost of building a new home, how factory-built construction can address explosive global population growth, lessons that homebuilders can learn from automotive companies, and the journey from designing to financing a modern homebuilding factory.
Episodes
Episode 1: Home-in-a-box
Episode 2: Half-priced Hamptons
Episode 3: Google, China, & Overnight Cities
Episode 4: NYC Goes Modular
Episode 5: Cars, Mars, & 3D Printing
Episode 6: The Tesla of Homebuilding
Interviewees
Aaron Holm
CEO of Blokable
Andrew Dickson
CEO of Acre Designs
Austin Williams
Director of The Future Cities Project
Behrokh Khoshnevis
Inventor of Contour Crafting
Bill Haney
Co-founder & CEO of Blu Homes
Chris Sharples
Founding Principal of SHoP Architects
Deepak Aatresh
Founder of Aditazz
Ed Mahoney
Co-founder of Cocoon9
Hansbert Ott
Managing Director of Weinmann
Heidar Sadeki
Co-founder of Richardson Sadeki
Jack Armstrong
Executive Director of SIPA
Jared Levy
Co-founder & CEO of Connect Homes
Jeffrey Liker
Professor of Industrial & Operations Engineering at University of Michigan
Jen Carlile
Co-founder of Flux
Joseph Tanney
Founder of Resolution: 4 Architecture
Kurt Christy
Managing Director of Blue Sky Building Systems
Matthew Stannard
CEO of Stillwater Dwellings
Michael Logue
Founder & CEO of Wallabe
Michele Francovigh
Lead Project Engineer at Fincantieri
Mimi Hoang
Co-founding Principal of nARCHITECTS
Pat Fricchione
President & CEO of Simplex Homes
Reza Nasseri
CEO of Landmark Homes
Robby Kullman
General Manager of Capsys
Roger Krulak
CEO & Founder of Full Stack Modular
Ryan E. Smith
Associate Dean for Research of the College of Architecture + Planning at University of Utah
Steve Glenn
CEO of LivingHomes and Plant Prefab
Thomas Robinson
Principal & Founder of Lever Architecture
Tom Sandonato
Co-founder of kitHAUS
Zhang Yue
Chairman of Broad Group
Image courtesy of Resolution: 4 Architecture