When Wanona Satcher founded her company, Mākhers Studio, in 2017, she knew she wanted to address the issue of affordable housing in her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia.
With a background as a landscape architect and urban designer, she understood the hurdles that already existed in the challenge of getting people in equitable housing.
“Whether you need a brick and mortar or a place to thrive and live close to where you work and play, [everyone needs a place] where you’re not defined by the zip code that you live in to be successful, which unfortunately happens,” Satcher told the Modular Building Institute.
So, she decided to create what was missing: Bespoke, affordable homes for people made out of recycled shipping containers, which she has named Plug-In-Pods…