Prefab House

Prefab House

      The definition of prefab houses in the world is very diverse. In the United States or Canada prefab better known as the manufactured house that rests on the steel structure, following a mobile home or caravan as a dynamic home that became the forerunner for almost four centuries (another designation is portable prefab house).It also can not be separated from the production process manufactured house that is 85% of which must be completed at the factory, or are still distinguished by a prefab modular house. Data 1996, 24% consumption of new homes in the United States is home to the factory output is (3% of them are modular prefab).

      Case in Europe (especially Baltic countries) and Japan is different again. Prefab house has only one definition. That is a house with a particular module and is built like a regular house (from one floor to house low rise). The difference is some of the many components that were completed at the factory. Some classify this definition into dwellhouse prefab and has become part of the homeless culture in these countries. After the second world war, with the number of rehabilitation projects or mass construction, prefab house a lot of choice because of speed and cheap construction. Wood is widely used as building material of choice because of the nature fleksibiltiasnya (regarding technology at the time).

       From this timber, this time for prefab building materials are very diverse, such as precast concrete (precast concrete), mild steel (light-gauge steel), plywood (Framed timber) and various other advanced materials. From mass production, now the community can choose prefab houses were individually by simply selecting the design in a catalog or showroom (housing plaza) and several modifications are possible. Houses will stand in the construction (construction time) no more than a month after all of the terms (including the ground of course) is available.Today, prefab image as a semi-permanent houses began to fade. Even in Japan presumption prefab house is the house while it is almost nothing. Objectivity is supported by the culture of living in Japan and is closely connected with the fundamentals of the Japanese house itself, like a habit to measure space use module (jou, ken, kiwari, and so on). The development aspects of comfort, style, function, strength, ease of maintenance, and affordability of this prefab house makes an increase in sales. Daiwa House and Sekisui House that has long been engaged in real estate business since the early 1960s, followed by Mitsui House and Misawa Home, prefab homes have used the concept for its products since the beginning. With the accelerating period of construction and workmanship at the location, quality control in factories, then some of the problems associated with construction costs and disruption to the environment during construction could be reduced somewhat. In addition, the response to the issue berkeberlanjutan began more updated with the use of building materials environmentally friendly (eco-friendly materials), such as the use of recycled materials (recycled materials) and the building physics system convergence in diesel or hybrid power system.

       Despite the limitations of the design (minimalist) on the prefab house design, but in reality prefab production in Japan (including to change the model) showed an upward trend recently (from year 1991 to 2000 every year there are approximately 1.2-1.5 million building prefab This, JREI, 2000). The role of government, in this case the Japanese Government in encouraging the development of prefab homes as part of a method of increasing the number of decent homes for the community also plays a major role. Factor of high prices of land and buildings pose disincentives to people owning a house, especially for young families. Those who choose to live in the suburbs or small towns is that they have targeted as a consumer of this prefab. They prefer to live on the house itself, although small. Just like the expression of Frank Gehry, an architect of the world in responding to the development of this prefab tiny house, "The problem with the younger generation Is That no-one is Interested in making Monuments".