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WE HAD TO RESPOND TO THE SITE
AND SETTING. ANYTHING LESS
WOULD HAVE BEEN A TRAVESTY.
Craig Chatman, Architect
A
s far back as 1852 pre-fab cast iron houses came
to Australia from Britain. Stately examples such
as Corio Villa on Geelong’s waterfront were
remarkably ahead of their time. Henry Ford re-defined
the possibilities of mass assembly in ways beyond the
reach of today’s construction industry. The push for
prefabrication is now advancing around the globe with
the factory floor winning recognition for quality control
and on-site savings. Companies such as the Melbournebased ARKit whose punchline ‘Advanced Prefabricated
Architecture’ provides a pote