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The team worked closely with Virginia-based company SteelMaster to manufacture the 192-foot-long, 46-foot-wide modular structure, which is divided into eight units that range from 750 square feet to 1,300 square feet. "Within each apartment, we employed an organizational strategy of utility versus ceremony," says Rafiuddin. "We placed a compact, inhabitable box in the middle of each apartment to house all of the services, such as the bathroom, shower, and kitchen."