"Factory production has allowed all kinds of engineered products, from cars to electronics, to become much more sophisticated and also much less expensive. So why do we insist on building houses the old-fashioned way?"
Wessie du Toit on the commodification of housing, prefabrication and the attachment to historic architypes.
#Housing
https://www.thepathosofthings.com/p/why-we-dont-consume-houses
Ciarán Ferrie /
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