In 1998, for the 16 Houses Project, architect Michael Bell brought together 16 teams to create plans for innovative and affordable homes for residents of Houston’s Fifth Ward. For the Dwell Home Design Invitational, Bell submitted Stations House, a theoretical exploration of prefabrication that continues the work he did with 16 Houses, for which he also designed a glass house. “The 20th century has been one of mass production, and we have worked continuously to bridge the gap between themes of alienation of workers and end uses in many commodities,” Bell says of his work. “The house as a form of manufacturing and elaborate finance is a given, but [the Stations House] is suggesting that in this case, it would make much more sense to propose a theme of intimate and private life amidst preman-ufacturing, [asking] where is private life and how does private life improve in a manufacturing society?”