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Factory Made Housing - A solution for London?

astudio modular project featured in the exhibition “Factory Made Housing - A solution for London?” organised by the NLA (New London Architecture). This affordable housing project is currently on site in Barking.

“Delivering genuinely affordable housing is one of the most critically important issues for London, and has become a key tenet of the Mayor’s Housing Strategy, which outlines a target of 35 per cent of such housing for the capital, along with an aspiration for 50 per cent.”

“In Barking and Dagenham, faced with the challenge of delivering housing at scale, BeFirst’s head of affordable housing, Jenmy Cooms, told an NLA roundtable in 2018 that the authority is keen on make offsite its favoured method.”

The book “Factory Made Housing - A solution for London?”, was published in October 2018. The exhibition took place between in October 2018 and January 2019