| Abstract: | The high costs of transport limit the feasibility of most industrialised building systems to markets within fairly close reach of the producing factory. Much of the greatest need for simple, low cost housing is in areas which cannot sustain a sufficiently large market for a locally based production unit. In this article Professor Majzub discusses two new concepts in packaged housing which considerably reduce transport costs and extend the range at which it is still economical to deliver to site from a central factory. Whilst influenced by North American concepts of housing, the suggestions may have wider relevance. |
