Not only earthquake resistance and eco-sustainability.idealista / news interviewed construction companies to take stock of the advantages of prefabricated steel houses.Also in Italy we hear more and more about prefabricated buildings and many people are starting to abandon the "classic" building in favor of modular solutions.However, there are still too many doubts and clichés about the sector of prefabricated houses.An aspect common to practically all models, even to modules built in wood and concrete, is the saving of time and production costs.In this case, however, let's find out the pros (many) and cons (practically none) of prefabricated steel houses, which essentially stand out for their durability and extraordinary resistance during seismic events.This is obviously due to the properties of the material itself.Nicola Busca, co-founder of Idea Building explains it: “Steel is, par excellence, the material for structures.It manages to be resistant, light and flexible at the same time.This ensures that it guarantees the best possible response to an earthquake.This without affecting the architectural aspect, which can be modeled as desired ".Going into detail, Busca also underlines that: "Steel offers the best possible performance in terms of anti-seismicity, a prefabricated steel house is not affected by any type of earthquake, unlike a reinforced concrete building, which even if it does not fall during an earthquake, it can subsequently crash and have to be shot down.The steel remains standing and is not damaged ”.Roberto Marzano, Director of Dhw System, also emphasizes the aspect of the duration of the structure and components: "In addition to ensuring total anti-seismic safety, a prefabricated steel house is a zero degradation structure".A concept reaffirmed also by Nicola Busca of Idea Building: “The Eiffel Tower was built in steel and just look at it, it is still there without any problem”.So far the characteristics and added values ​​of steel, but how is a prefabricated house built with this material?"We work with a fast and precise construction system, the components are produced in the factory and only the assembly takes place on site - explains Marzano of Dhw System - by inserting them into new generation enclosures, with dry systems, which guarantee insulation. very high thermal and acoustic, thus ensuring energy savings, soundproofing and durability ".Thanks to this optimized process, a prefabricated steel house "is suitable both for adding modules in height, because they are very light, and obviously for new construction sites - says Nicola Busca, co-founder of Idea Building - it is a faster and less expensive construction technique with the same characteristics ".As is the case with prefabricated houses in wood and concrete, also with regard to steel, one of the advantages of these constructions are the construction times, which are decidedly faster than those of 'traditional' construction.For Busca, the main obstacle is often the building permits, the process of which can take up to 8-9 months, "but once the concession to build has been obtained, it takes 6 months to deliver a house, sometimes even 4, obviously times can vary slightly from case to case.Idea Building builds a lot in seismic areas ".For Roberto Marzano it can take from 90 to 120 days, depending on the characteristics of the architectural project.Also as regards the price ranges, we are more less in line with the costs of prefabricated houses in wood and concrete: "As regards turnkey prices - comments Marzano of Dhw System - it starts from 1200 euros per square meter, obviously is an indicative figure, the price may vary depending on the project and can reach up to 1300 euros per square meter with fine finishes.If we talk about a luxury villa, obviously there is a difference in cost ".Nicola Busca of Idea Building explains: "The price per square meter for a house that exceeds 200 square meters is around 1450 euros per square meter, for a house of 110 square meters we are on 1600. In both cases we are talking about an apartment with of home automation created by us with KNX protocol ".Among other things, Idea Building, as its co-founder explained to us “in April will produce the first CasaClima Gold certified steel house, complete with an integrated earthquake monitoring system.It is a house that produces more energy than it consumes and, in any case, with the same energy characteristics, prefabricated steel houses are the ones that cost less ".Marzano of Dhw System also emphasizes the technology that prefabricated steel houses are equipped with: “They have an incomparable efficiency with 'traditional' houses, we even manage to have a structure shielded from magnetic waves and radon gas.Furthermore, steel hardly needs maintenance ".One of the biggest mistakes you can make is imagining a prefab house as an anonymous block with a standardized style.Often, in fact, when we talk about prefabricated buildings we imagine a container.Nothing could be more wrong, now this building sector offers not only apartments with refined architectural styles, but also real extra-luxury villas.There is something for all tastes and budgets.“All houses are customized, no one is alike.There is only one starting point to work on and make changes according to tastes and needs.Prefabricated is not synonymous with standardized style, it just means working in the factory with an automated system in the production of components and a practically non-existent margin of error ".Marzano also shares the same opinion, according to which “there are no urbanistic limitations, a prefabricated steel house can reproduce any style and fit perfectly into any type of context, both urban and rural.Now the technicians have to convince themselves to switch to steel and prefabricated buildings, because the archistars have been using them for some time ".Investing in brick is good, of course.But, if the brick is eco-sustainable, it's even better.And not only for the environment, but also for the walletPrefab homes are not synonymous with poor quality or standardized design.Indeed, they often offer surprising solutions that seem designed by famous architectsIn a context in which the prefabricated house and the commitment to sustainability are gaining ground, interesting and innovative projects continue to emerge that deepen these concepts.This is the line on which DDAA (Dev Desai Architects and Associates) works, a studio founded in 2020 in India, with the aim of responding to some of the challenges that arose in the hardest moments of the pandemic, but also for the new phase that is taking place. it is open later.The DDAA studio was born as a branch of a company specializing in villas and residential interiors that operates from an innovative perspective."DDAA constantly challenges the threshold of architectural design through a unique contemporary language," says Dev Desai, founder and leader of the studio.Living comfort allows us to feel good both physically and psychologically, it is something fundamental for the quality of modern life.Founded in 2021 in San Francisco, the prefabricated home company Spacial Homes has made the pursuit of domestic well-being its fundamental mission, while offering an economic proposal to help solve the problem of the housing shortage in San Francisco, by creating of these fantastic ADUs, multifunctional accessory housing units.Hewing Haus is a small company specializing in the construction of mini houses made with sustainable materials and designed to optimize space.Their proposal aims to facilitate the installation of new housing in both urban and rural areas.On the one hand, with their prefabricated houses they intend to facilitate the installation of ancillary housing units in urban centers, where the density makes it difficult to build new units.But, at the same time, they also want to offer a sustainable alternative with all the comforts to those who choose to leave the city and settle in quieter places, a practice that has been increasing with the outbreak of the pandemic.The Michelangelo hotel in Milan had its swan song rising to the headlines as the first Covid hotel in Italy.But now its time has come: it will in fact be demolished to make way for the new iconic MI.C skyscraper, which will change the face of Piazza Luigi di Savoia as a backdrop to the Central Station.This is how the project, signed by Park Associati, will be.93.5 meters high, the new building will house offices for over two thousand people on its 22 floors above ground.The new building will consist of two adjacent towers that link the complex to its block.“On the ground floor, - describes the studio signing the project, - the building moves back from its maximum height, creating a natural extension of the square.An articulated system of different green spaces that extends from the entrance to the common areas at the top, increases the overall architectural quality of the whole system.A sort of “green thorn” that, starting from the outside, rises in the hall on the ground floor and runs inside the building to take on, in some points, a more relevant dimension that defines natural indoor and outdoor spaces ".Prefab homes offer options for all tastes and budgets.They are efficient and quick to build.Its demand is booming, but some companies have already come a long way.Among this is Pineca, a family-run company of Lithuanian origin that has been operating in the sector of prefabricated wooden houses for almost thirty years.Let's find out the features and advantages of their cheap prefabricated wooden houses.The origins of Pineca's activity, in fact, date back to 1993, when the company was involved in the production of prefabricated wooden houses, for gardens and garages.In 2011, it started its online presence in the French market to respond to customer needs for this type of product.Thus, the business expanded to larger products such as habitable or holiday wooden houses.In the last decade it has also landed online in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain.