Prefabricated architecture -Fabricating the Modern Dwelling

The Home Delivery Installation Journal offers a "behind the scenes" look into the entire process of creating and erecting prefabricated architecture. As part of the exhibition Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling, which will be on view at The Museum of Modern Art from July 20 to October 20, 2008, the Museum's Department of Architecture and Design selected five architects to display full-scale prefabricated houses in the outdoor space to the west of the Museum's main building. The five firms and individuals chosen to participate have agreed to contribute weekly progress updates to the Web site several months in advance of the exhibition, demonstrating how the processes of design, fabrication, shipping, and assembly unfold to create five finished homes in time for the exhibition's public opening. The five architects were each assigned a day of the week: KieranTimberlake Associates LLP of Philadelphia (Mondays); Douglas Gauthier and Jeremy Edmiston of New York (Tuesdays); Oskar Leo Kaufmann and Albert Rüf of Dornbirn, Austria (Wednesdays); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Associate Professor Lawrence Sass (Thursdays); and Richard Horden of Horden Cherry Lee Architects in London (Fridays). In addition, members of the MoMA curatorial team submit commentary each Saturday. Upon completion of the projects, this Web site will expand to encompass the entire exhibition, which includes pivotal works from nearly two centuries of prefabricated homes. www.momahomedelivery.org/