# How prefab homes can transform affordable housing

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxYouth@Beaconstreet
- Speaker: Antón García-Abril
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering, Earth and environment, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/anton_garcia_abril_how_prefab_homes_can_transform_affordable_housing)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

When architect Antón García-Abril moved to Boston, he quickly discovered that his budget wouldn't stretch to the sort of airy, modern home he had in his native Madrid. His solution: to ship a prefabricated house from Madrid to Boston. Using video documentation to illustrate his point, García-Abril explains how his home-in-a-box could represent the future of affordable housing.

## Lectures

1. [How prefab homes can transform affordable housing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/anton_garcia_abril_how_prefab_homes_can_transform_affordable_housing/2f5e856404cd), 8 min (TED's player)