#16 Fab PreFab with Astreia's Natalie Rens and Jupe's Jeff Wilson

What if the housing of the future wasn’t built on site but instead built in a factory and then shipped and set up within minutes of arriving? That’s what Jeff Wilson of Jupe and Natalie Rens of Astreia are working on. On this exciting dual-guest episode of Campfire, Jeff and Natalie chat with Jackson about the speed of prefab, how homes can be more tech-enabled, the favorable regulatory environment in Texas + Florida versus California, and how entire cities could be made with prefab. 

Topics Covered:

• Introduction to Astreia — (2:39)
• Introduction to Jupe — (3:22)
• Jupe’s Structures – (4:16)
• How Astreia thinks about building for Mars — (6:50)
• What prefab is and its challenges — (9:52)
• B2B and prefab — (14:30)
• Prototypes and what Jeff + Natalie would do differently — (15:18)
• “Tesla-fying” the home — (20:33)
• Regulatory considerations — (23:40)
• Prefab cities and Habitat Zero  — (26:15)
• Dynamic building types and Jupes at sea — (28:00)
• Non-attachment and city infrastructure — (30:30)
• Astreia’s Habitat selection — (32:45)

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Episode Links: 

Jupe’s and Astreia’s websites

Jupe and Astreia on Twitter 

Jeff and Natalie on Twitter 

Episode Credit:

Hosted by @JacksonSteger

Sound Engineering by @Prodcolin

Videos and Clips by @McdonnellCallum 

Produced by  @PhilippeIze