A collection of 6 black and white negatives, showing an estate of completed aluminium prefabricated bungalows, in Hoo St. Werburgh, Medway. The Ministry of Works was the government department tasked with the organisation and efficiency of the push for housing construction in the immediate postwar years. During the latter years of the second world war (1944-45), the Ministry put on three exhibitions at the Tate to promote prototypes of the common forms of prefabricated homes, the Aluminium house was one of these examples. The aluminium home, or the AIROH (Aircraft Industries Research Organisation on Housing), was made from surplus aircraft materials and was constructed by a number of different manufacturers including the Bristol Aeroplane Company and Vickers. Over 50,000 of the homes were built, each with an intended lifespan of around 10 years.
The original Ministry of Works storage envelope lists the operator as “D”.
3 of the 6 images were catalogued and digitised as part of a 2020 project.
This is part of the Sub Series: PSA01/04/H Housing; within the Series: PSA01/04 Negatives; within the Collection: PSA01 Property Services Agency
Source: Historic England Archive
Aluminium, Mid 20th Century Prefabricated House
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