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New modular apartment builder targets affordable housing.
Cassette, based in California, are set to launch their first modular apartment product line on October 20 in collaboration with modernist design luminaries, Hodgetts + Fung,
Cassette Founder/CEO Dafna Kaplan, claims they’re on a mission to reduce the cost of multifamily housing construction by 30% in three years, while doubling the speed of housing production. Their one-bedroom units are now available to general contractors and commercial real estate developers at a fixed, tiered pricing structure.
“Cassette’s entire apartment units are manufactured in a factory then stacked quickly like LEGOs®,” said Founder/CEO Dafna Kaplan. “We are standardizing the multifamily building process and making sure it works for every developer, every time, and that it is easy for any architect or contractor to use.”
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The one-bedroom modular apartment pods are just under 56 sqm, and includes a complete bathroom, bedroom, laundry cabinet, double wardrobe, and ‘chef’s’ kitchen.
The interiors, designed by Hodgetts + Fung, feature a bedroom with a large clerestory window for maximum natural light and a sliding wall panel system to enlarge the space further.
The modular apartment walls contain a supporting steel structural system that allows them to stack up to six stories high without any external bracing or supports, and the connection is post-tensioned at the roof of the building. All electrical and plumbing is linked through corridors via panels on each unit.
Their modular business appears to have already generated interest with a real estate developer in Los Angeles who will pilot projects in 2023 and 2024.
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