The future of custom, mass-produced homes | Alexis Rivas, Cofounder & CEO of Cover
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Modular construction is where standardized building blocks are made in a factory, taken to the building location, and put together to form a house. It’s really hard to describe it without thinking of LEGO. It’s as if to imagine huge giants building houses for their tiny human toys to live in.

There are a lot of great things that come from modular construction. For one, it’s incredibly quick. It can build skyscrapers in China in under three weeks, and is thought to be at least 40% faster than traditional construction techniques. What’s more, it’s more transportable and less wasteful than standard construction techniques. Materials can be reused and repurposed easily.

The problem, though, is that whilst standardized building blocks make for quicker construction, it also lends itself to bland and nondescript uniformity. Modular constructed houses tend to be as creepily monotonous and uninteresting as Monopoly houses. Which is why Cover, a modular construction start-up, might completely transform the industry.

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