Cities throughout the US have tons of infill lots and abandoned buildings that are either owned by the city or people that have walked away from them for some reason. Now a leading Architectural firm and one of the biggest names in modular construction have teamed up to design, build and install a multi-family project that can be put in the majority of California’s infill lots.
Plant Prefab, the building technology company dedicated to sustainable design, materials and operations, built, delivered and installed a four-unit 6,110-square-foot prefabricated multifamily development on Stanley Avenue in West Hollywood’s historic Spaulding Square neighborhood. Designed by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA), the project establishes a replicable, scalable solution for increasing housing density on the most common urban infill lots.
The development serves as an important example of how factory fabrication can be utilized to add housing density and maximize speed to market in labor-constrained, high-demand markets as encouraged by California’s SB-9 and SB-10 housing bills.
With a high-quality, replicable product and standardized process now in place, they will be able to deliver similar housing projects across Los Angeles.
Plant Prefab standardized the design into repeatable components, building a complete digital twin to coordinate all mechanical, electrical and plumbing elements prior to fabrication in the company’s Rialto, California factory. First-floor garages and storage areas were produced as pack-flat Plant Panels™ and delivered with steel beam and column assemblies that were installed on-site in October. Second- and third-floor living areas were manufactured as fully-finished Plant Modules™, shipped with all finishes, fixtures and appliances in place and assembled on-site over the course of just three days in November. The engineering-led, hybrid panelized/modular approach is unique to Plant Prefab; its patented Plant Building System™ provides better quality control, design flexibility and time, cost, and material efficiency than traditional methods of offsite or on-site construction.
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Gary Fleisher is the Editor in Chief of Modular Home Source and Offsite Builder. Email at [email protected]
Gary Fleisher, Editor in Chief of Offsite Construction Magazine
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