Prefab - Predominant mass-market housing programs such as project homes or tract housing largely fail to meet the desires of people who appreciate a modernist design aesthetic. Custom-designed modernist architecture is beyond the financial reach of many people and so prefab is viewed as a design and production ideology that has the potential to deliver affordable modernism. While kit or prefab homes have been available in a range of either "traditional" or "alternative" forms for many years, surprisingly few prefab homes exist that truly embrace modernist ideals.
Modular - a system of composed from a base unit of measure that can be created separately as components and ultimately be connected together.
Flexible - Housing that can adapt to the changing needs of users; socially, economically, and technology. Socially, it empowers the user to take control of their own dwelling, either by making choices prior to final construction or else over the lifetime of the home. Economically, it avoids obsolescence and costs involved in reconfiguration or refurbishment. Technology, it should allow for the incorporation of new technologies and the upgrading of old ones, in particular servicing.
