Housing Revolution

Get an insider's view into the design and construction process behind The Cochrane Residence - a groundbreaking home in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood that demonstrates how digital fabrication and AI can radically reduce the cost, time, and environmental impact of housing construction.

Detroit, like much of the US, is overrun with unaffordable and unsustainable homes. Brought about by the housing industry’s overwhelming reliance on outdated and inefficient processes, the average new build is now more expensive, wasteful, and toxic than houses built over a half century ago. To overcome these challenges requires a radical shift in how we finance, design, construct and evaluate housing. Fortunately, emerging technologies such as digital fabrication and artificial intelligence are already showing signs of productive disruption – as evidenced by the recently completed Cochrane Residence.

The first built project by the innovative design firm houm, in partnership with Three Squared Inc and Living Edge, The Cochrane…