Everyone thinks we’re just stacking boxes...

There’s a detectable hint of dismay in the voice of Christopher Sharples, AIA, founding principal of New York’s SHoP Architects. “Everyone thinks we’re just stacking boxes,” he says about SHoP’s 32-story modular residential tower that is now under construction as part of Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards project. When complete, the tower, known as B2, will be the tallest modular building in the world, made up of more than 910 prefabricated elements and comprising 363 units.http://www.ecobuildingpulse.com/performance-metrics/piecemeal-potential.aspx