Flatpack future

摘要

A computer-controlled offsite manufacturing process inspired by flatpack furniture helped Taylor Woodrow erect a row of terraced housing in Salford in just 24 weeks. Helen McCormick reports. Anyone who has ever recklessly tried to put together a flatpack cupboard without consulting the instructions knows that this usually results in several mismatched pieces of wood bolted unsteadily together, and a mysterious pile of leftover screws.