ABSTRACT Partially hidden by bushland in the Sydney suburb of Georges Heights sit five unassuming, prefabricated timber houses. Saved from demolition in 2003 and now restored, these houses were manufactured in the early 1950s in Sweden by Åmåls Sågverks Aktiebolag (ASA). They were erected in 1951 for the Australian Navy and are some of the last remnants of thousands of prefabricated houses imported by the Federal and State Governments to alleviate the post-war housing shortage. By the end of 1951, approximately 70,000 prefabricated houses had been imported into Australia. While the importation of prefabricated houses was driven by urgent need, questions of quality and suitability to Australian conditions were considered important enough to warrant considerable research. Several European study tours by building experts established that the Swedish houses were of high quality, particularly in relation to their materials, detailing, and levels of insulation. In nineteen fifties Australia, this implanted example of sophisticated Swedish design would have represented a quite different cultural frame for household living. Despite their obvious quality, these prefabricated houses were not accepted into the mainstream housing market as they were in Sweden and Ormal Construction Pty Ltd, the company ASA established in Melbourne in 1950, lasted only a few years.

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ASA 302 @ Georges Heights：澳大利亚的瑞典木材预制件

摘要在悉尼郊区乔治高地的灌木丛中部分隐藏着五座不起眼的预制木屋。这些房屋于 2003 年免于拆除，现在经过修复，这些房屋由 Åmåls Sågverks Aktiebolag (ASA) 于 1950 年代初在瑞典制造。它们是 1951 年为澳大利亚海军建造的，是联邦政府和州政府为缓解战后住房短缺而进口的数千套预制房屋的最后一部分。到 1951 年底，大约有 70,000 套装配式房屋被进口到澳大利亚。虽然进口预制房屋是由迫切需要驱动的，但质量和是否适合澳大利亚条件的问题被认为足够重要，值得进行大量研究。建筑专家的几次欧洲考察表明，瑞典的房屋质量很高，尤其是在材料、细节和绝缘水平方面。在 19 世纪 50 年代的澳大利亚，这种复杂的瑞典设计的植入示例将代表一种完全不同的家庭生活文化框架。尽管它们的质量显而易见，但这些预制房屋并没有像瑞典那样被主流住房市场接受，而 ASA 于 1950 年在墨尔本成立的公司 Ormal Construction Pty Ltd 仅持续了几年。这个复杂的瑞典设计的植入示例将代表一个完全不同的家庭生活文化框架。尽管它们的质量显而易见，但这些预制房屋并没有像瑞典那样被主流住房市场接受，而 ASA 于 1950 年在墨尔本成立的公司 Ormal Construction Pty Ltd 仅持续了几年。这个复杂的瑞典设计的植入示例将代表一个完全不同的家庭生活文化框架。尽管它们的质量显而易见，但这些预制房屋并没有像瑞典那样被主流住房市场接受，而 ASA 于 1950 年在墨尔本成立的公司 Ormal Construction Pty Ltd 仅持续了几年。