In response to rapid urbanization, fall of nuclear family and globalized lifestyles, the architecture of the cities is seeing great changes. From this perspective, the Paris-based architecture studio Cutwork – in collaboration with pioneering companies who share their goal of “reimagining today’s habitat” – developed PolyBloc, a prefabricated building system that implements industrial production and modular construction.

PolyBloc marks the larger-scale progression of PolyRoom, a prefabricated single-room of 226 square feet unit. Designed to be a room without an established purpose, PolyRoom is inspired by Japanese design concepts, reconfiguring spaces to accommodate inhabitants’ needs, and obvisouly reminds of Lego blocks. Each module comes with multifunctional furniture – like disappearing beds and foldable storage cabinets – and telescopic rail systems that transition partitions and doors.

The PolyRoom units can be constructed in bulk and stacked together to form full-sized residential complexes in different cities much quicker than traditional building methods allow. In fact, PolyBloc has been designed to be a means of “creating adaptive, flexible housing solutions in different contexts, from urban to rural”.