Ann Arbor’s MidMod builds prototype of new sustainable home

It’s going to take more than a cookie cutter to construct the homes that Ann Arbor-based MidMod wants to build. And they promise to be a whole lot more unique.The University of Michigan spin-off is developing a pre-manufactured modular home that can be used to create sustainable, multi-unit housing. The 3-year-old firm uses a unique steel frame and decking system to create flexible modular units that can be stacked into things like apartment buildings.”It would start at seven floors and go even higher,” says Harry Giles, founder of MidMod and an architecture professor at the University of Michigan.MidMod is building a full-scale prototype at the university. It expects to finish this demonstration unit by the end of the year where it will demonstrate how easily it can be manufactured and how sustainable it is.”It’s highly energy efficient,” Giles says. “We’re incorporating state-of-the-art sustainable strategies.”Source: Harry Giles, founder of MidModWriter: Jon Zemke