Resolution: 4 Architecture
TypePrivate
IndustryArchitecture
Founded1990
FounderJoseph Tanney, Robert Luntz
HeadquartersNew York, New York
Websitewww.re4a.com

Resolution: 4 Architecture (RES4) is a ten-person architecture firm based in New York City, founded by architects Joseph Tanney and Robert Luntz in 1990.[1] The firm is most recognized for their work on prefabricated housing and mass customization of the single-family house.[2] In 2003, RES4 won the Dwell Home Design Invitational, an international competition for prefab housing design. RES4 has design over 120 prefab homes all over the United States using modular and panelized construction methods.[2][3] In 2013, Princeton University Press published a collection of RES4's works, titled "Modern Modular: The Prefab Houses of Resolution: 4 Architecture.[3] In 2018, Resolution: 4 Architecture's prefabricated homes were featured in an exhibit curated by Barry Bergdoll on Long Island titled, "A New Way of Modern Architecture on the North Fork."[4]

Modern Modular

RES4 began researching prefabricated construction when business declined in New York City after September 11th, with the goal of making modern homes more accessible to middle-class Americans.[5]

In 2003, Resolution: 4 Architecture was invited to participate in the Dwell Home Design Invitational, an international design competition organized by Dwell magazine focused on innovative prefabricated housing.[1] RES4 won the competition with their systematic design method, called Modern Modular, which used existing prefabrication processes with the intention to create custom modular homes at an affordable cost.[6] RES4's concept sought to work within the existing constraints of factory construction with standard products and details, rather create a new fabrication process.[1]

RES4's concept is that modules of can be composed in any number of ways for infinite home designs, each specific to a particular client and a particular site. RES4's design for the Dwell Home was an example of the Modern Modular, designed specifically for the homeowners and the site in Pittsboro, North Carolina.[6]

In 2008, RES4 designed their first Modern Modular prefab home in an urban setting with the home named Bronx Box, located on a long, narrow lot in the Locust Point neighborhood of the Bronx. The 1800SF house was composed of two stacked 54-foot-long modules, built by Simplex Homes in Scranton, PA.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hart, Sara (Dec 2003). "Prefabrication, the Speculative Builder's Tool, Has Been Discovered by Modernist Designers". Architectural Record.
  2. 1 2 Morollo, Michele Koh. "7 Efficient Prefabs That Prove the Power of Modular Design". Dwell. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  3. 1 2 "The Best Prefab/Modular Home Builders in the United States". Custom Home Builder Digest. 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  4. ↑ "North Fork architecture to be displayed in exhibit curated by Barry Bergdoll". Archpaper.com. 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  5. 1 2 Bernstein, Fred (Nov 19, 2008). "Ordering Out for More Space". The New York Times.
  6. 1 2 Arieff, Allison (July–August 2003). "The Dwell Home". Dwell: 73–76.
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