Production
While the 2.0 house featured relatively simple factory-produced elements (and a more complex, site-built center bay); much more of the design features of the DESIGNhabitat 2.1 house would rest on what the students could achieve via the factory-produced modules. Consequently, translating the DESIGNhabitat 2.1 scheme into units which could be factory-produced and transported to the site would require a more complex level of pre-production coordination between the students and the modular producer. Working with the modular producer to understand all the fabrication and assembly details - from the hinged roof and hinged attic walls to the eaves and marriage line details - became the focus of the team’s efforts over the course of the spring of 2008. They also planning out an intensive two-week site construction phase designed to utilize the short interval between semesters to mobilize a team of students to help the team complete the project.
