Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Geopolitical strife, economic instability, trade standoffs: much of the bad stuff happening around the world has made construction expensive – and in turn, housing unaffordable. The industry is also extremely resource and carbon intensive. Could modular construction lower costs, boost sustainability, and help solve the housing crisis?
#PlanetA #construction #housingcrisis
Credits:
Reporter: Dave Braneck
Camera: Florian Kroker, Henning Goll
Video Editor: Markus Otto Mörtz
Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Kiyo Dörrer
Fact Check: Alexander Paquet
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:33 Building homes in factories
5:09 The problem with construction
6:31 Apartment building, lego style
10:21 Scaling it up
12:41 Conclusion
Full accreditation for all images accredited as Bundesarchiv in the video is: Bundesarchiv, Grosse Blöcke Grosse Platten Grosse Pläne, Film: 74841
Read More:
McKinsey report on potential of modular construction:
mckinsey.com/industries/engineering-construction-and-building-materials/our-insights/putting-the-pieces-together-unlocking-success-in-modular-construction
UN Habitat report on the global housing crisis:
unhabitat.org/annual-report-2024
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. We'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Geopolitical strife, economic instability, trade standoffs: much of the bad stuff happening around the world has made construction expensive – and in turn, housing unaffordable. The industry is also extremely resource and carbon intensive. Could modular construction lower costs, boost sustainability, and help solve the housing crisis?
#PlanetA #construction #housingcrisis
Credits:
Reporter: Dave Braneck
Camera: Florian Kroker, Henning Goll
Video Editor: Markus Otto Mörtz
Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Kiyo Dörrer
Fact Check: Alexander Paquet
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:33 Building homes in factories
5:09 The problem with construction
6:31 Apartment building, lego style
10:21 Scaling it up
12:41 Conclusion
Full accreditation for all images accredited as Bundesarchiv in the video is: Bundesarchiv, Grosse Blöcke Grosse Platten Grosse Pläne, Film: 74841
Read More:
McKinsey report on potential of modular construction:
mckinsey.com/industries/engineering-construction-and-building-materials/our-insights/putting-the-pieces-together-unlocking-success-in-modular-construction
UN Habitat report on the global housing crisis:
unhabitat.org/annual-report-2024
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. We'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Follow Planet A on TikTok: tiktok.com/@dw_planet
