Loblolly House: in stock and ready to ship
The article written by the Architectural Record gives insight to what KTA hybrid prefabricated building truly entails. The article explains that Kieran and Timberlake wanted the Loblolly House to be a "complete realization of way to build more like the automotive or aviation industry... to develop a product that works anywhere in the world." They wanted the production of the building to be so universal that is could be unbolted and reconfigured at another site, or even sold off in pieces on Ebay. What is truly astounding about the production of the Loblolly House is the incredibly condensed and synergistic supply chain used in its manufacturing. The architects divided the supply chain between three tiers of suppliers and a final assembler.
Below: Loblolly House Supply Chain
Below: All of the parts required for the construction of Loblolly
Fortmeyer, Russell. "Loblolly House: In Stock and Ready to Ship." Architectural Record Nov. 2006: 185-88. Avery Indext to Architectural Periodicals. Web. 04 Feb. 2015
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