LAPA / Laboratory of Prefab Architecture
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prefab = prefabricated (a term wide open to interpretation)prefab home = "kit home" = "panelized home" = on-site assembly from prefab components.modernist = espousing the ideals and aesthetics of ModernismWe use "modernist" as opposed to "modern" because "modern" = "contemporary""modernist" refers to a particular style of architecture which is influenced (to varying degrees) by the work of Bauhaus and International Style.This is a tricky definition because it can imply reverence for some of the most brutal work of the 20th Century.LAPA is focused on emergency shelter prefab architecture, and single-family dwellings, and therefore embraces elements of the "modernist" philosophy and form.A good definition of Modernism by the Collins English Dictionary: " A twentieth-century architectural style characterized by undecorated rectilinear forms and the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete."
