ecoMOD is a research
and design / build / evaluate project at the University of Virginia
School of Architecture that aims to create a series of ecological,
modular and affordable house prototypes. Working in partnership
with the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science, our
goal is to demonstrate the environmental and economic potential
of prefabrication, and to challenge the modular and manufactured
housing industry in the U.S. to explore this potential. In the
context of this multi-year project, an interdisciplinary group
of architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, historic
preservation, business, environmental science, planning and
economics students are participating in the design, construction
and evaluation phases of the project. Three prototypes are being
developed for Piedmont Housing Alliance, and one for Habitat
for Humanity.
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