US start-up Blokable has devised a low-cost housing technology it calls Bloks; stackable modular units that cost between $150 and $350 per sq ft. The brainchild of former Amazon employee Aaron Holm, who was inspired by people turning shipping containers into housing, the units are manufactured in Vancouver and shipped to the US. Bloks can be stacked up to five storeys high, with the cost of each unit varying from $25,000 to $100,000.Blokable plans to make 25 units a month at the beginning of production, aiming to build student accommodation and housing for low-income families. “People have been talking about this for years,” Holm told me.
US start-up Blokable has devised a low-cost housing technology it calls Bloks; stackable modular units that cost between $150 and $350 per sq ft. The brainchild of former Amazon employee Aaron Holm, who was inspired by people turning shipping containers into housing, the units are manufactured in Vancouver and shipped to the US. “People have been talking about this for years,” Holm told me.