With the project Mobble on the move, inhout bv wants to make a modular and ecological building system marketable that makes healthy living and working accessible to everyone. This circular project builds on the project with which UGent participated in Solar Decathlon in 2019.
The aim is to reconcile circular principles with maximum ecological impact with affordable and quality housing and offices. Thus, we want to develop a version of Mobble that fully responds to the living and working of the future and creates applicable solutions for social challenges such as energy saving, circularity, densification and ageing.
Furthermore, we want to investigate whether and how we can apply Mobbles on a large scale and cost-efficiently. This not only offers solutions for temporary constructions (home care, schools, offices, emergency housing), but also allows more permanent constructions to be realised in a circular way.
Inhout bv
Partners BAST Architects & Engineers, Ecopuur, Universiteit Gent, Wooncoop, Strategies and leaders
Sectors
We work hard to increase housing affordability and adaptability.
On the one hand, the affordability of our homes depends on external factors, such as the cost of materials. Because our homes are built entirely of wood, for instance, we have been hit hard in recent months. Once timber prices fall again, the Mobble will also be able to drop in price. On the other hand, the cost price is directly related to internal factors, such as the efficiency of our processes. We have already come a long way there, and the last houses were built a lot faster than the first ones. However, there is still room for improvement.
Currently, we mainly focus on B2C. In the future, we would also like to realise B2B projects. We are convinced that the Mobble can offer great advantages to property developers and social housing companies, because of our construction speed and affordability.