Oxley Woods, Milton Keynes (UK) / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
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The british arquitect Richard Rogers, recently awarded with the Pritzker award, has produced in conjunction with the also british promoter George Wimpey a series of houses based on prefabricated elements. The main objetive is to reduce the construction costs, reflecting this in the final cost of the house.
The flexible design allows the owners to choose among different interior finishings by changing the distribution depending on the needs thanks to movable walls and prefabricated modules.
One of the key components of these buildings is what the developers have called “EcoHat”. This system allows the reuse of hot air to optimze the energy consumption.
The prefabs are very popular in the United States and have a good market in Scandinavia but that does not apply to the rest of Europe.
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