- Mark Luther, Deakin University; Dave Collins, Synergetics Pty Ltd
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The introduction of assembly line techniques to vehicle manufacturing by Henry Ford in the early 1900s dramatically reduced production costs, improved quality and transformed cities and society.
Many attempts have been made to apply vehicle mass production techniques to domestic housing manufacture, but the success has been limited largely due to inferior aesthetics, comfort and performance.
This paper describes a project that promises to revolutionize the domestic home market in Australia by providing architect designed attractive high quality comfortable modular housing system that incorporates state-of-the-art services and controls. Costs, GHG emissions and material wastage are all substantially less than conventional timber framed housing construction.