Challenges ahead for modular homes

Modular home has become quite popular in recent years and is in line with the trend of development in various countries. On the surface, it seems to solve some of the difficulties in the construction industry, including high labor costs, slow delivery schedules, contamination on site, and overall high costs. But from the actual data, modular homes account for a small part of the entire building, and it is less than 10% in many countries. Modular homes also face many challenges.

Transportation

Transportation is one of the factors hindering the development of modular buildings. In some countries, large-scale modular house manufacturers have not yet appeared, including some products that are only sold in close proximity. At the same time, in order to avoid long-distance transportation, modular house factories are often built in the periphery of large cities, where all costs are higher.

Transportation regulations limit the size of the modules. Since shipment size limits vary by location, factory-made building components are typically 11.5-13 feet tall, 50-60 feet long, and 12-14 feet wide. In other words, there are limits to what can be manufactured in a modular factory.

Lack of good design

Lack of good design is the current shortcoming of modular housing development

Based on the modular homes own characteristics and transportation constraints, the modular house is still relatively boring in design, most of them are square shaped, but only through the addition of glass present and decorative panels to improve the architectural effect. And the kind of Manufactured Homes design diversity is very lacking, which is also those who still favor the Manufactured homes scorned.

Increasing the design variety of Modular Homes requires designers to learn more about the needs of their clients and create solutions that are appropriate for the manufacture of Modular Homes that are continually updated and iterated.

More manufacturing methods and newer building materials

Modular housing is a form of prefabricated housing, which is best characterized by its multi-modular production. The lack of modular house design is partly due to the single manufacturing method and monotonous choice of materials. In order to realize a richer modular house design, it is necessary to update the manufacturing method and choose more new materials. This requires the collaboration of designers and manufacturers to create new products.

As an industry leader, Solidhome is currently working on these three areas and hopes to create a wider range of products in the near future.