Baltimore Modular (BMOD)

Baltimore Rebuilds Baltimore.

Rebuilding Baltimore and our region through systems-based approaches for industrialized construction

Construction workers in hard hats and high-visibility shirts frame new wood walls and floor trusses inside the stripped brick shell of an old rowhouse.
Credit: City Life Community Builders

Who we are

Catalyst & Hub

Baltimore Modular (BMOD) is a catalyst and hub for industrialized construction with the focus on Industrialized Housing Delivery (IHD), adapted for scattered-lot infill, vacancy reuse and rehabilitation, and existing homeowner stabilization.

Baltimore is our motherboard: rather than displace or replace, we develop standardized interfaces linking existing conditions and stakeholders with industrialized housing products.

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A green industrial robot arm on a floor rail works on a wood-framed wall panel inside a factory.
Reframe Systems microfactory · Credit: Christina D. Long

The BMOD Hub

Cultivating the Ecosystem: Systems-Building Activities

BMOD serves to cultivate our regional industrialized construction ecosystem through six distinct but overlapping systems-building activities.

  1. Impact

    Convene, educate, and assist with policy in order to build a shared regional vision and goals for IHD with agencies, community groups and housing advocates.

    More about Impact

  2. Design

    Co-create, with architecture and manufacturing partners, a product platform of interchangeable modules for scalable new infill, retrofit, and homeowner stabilization.

    More about Design

  3. Make

    Make Baltimore a city of makers: attract manufacturers with a predictable demand pipeline and less friction in starting a for-profit microfactory here, and cultivate the regional fabricators who supply them.

    More about Make

  4. Develop

    Advance frameworks for modular teams, including predevelopment tools; pooled owner groups for collective, large-scale orders; and streamlined existing-conditions processes.

    More about Develop

  5. Work

    Connect training organizations with the IHD ecosystem, so training matches the 21st-century skills needed.

    More about Work

  6. Augment

    In development

    Researching, with partners, how AI agents could support the other five activities with parcel, finance, permitting and manufacturer data, then piloting them and putting them in service.

    More about Augment

 

Events

Upcoming

Conference session

The Urban Modular Playbook: How Cities are Accelerating and Unlocking Modular Construction for Housing

Speakers
Christina D. Long, AIA, with Angela D. Brooks, FAICP, Chief Housing and Urban Development Officer, City of Philadelphia
Conference
2026 National Modular Housing Conference, Modular Home Builders Association, November 16–18, 2026
When
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 3:00–4:00 p.m.
Venue
Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles, Chantilly, VA

Event details for The Urban Modular Playbook

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How we can work together

Rebuilding Baltimore takes residents, builders, researchers, government and funders working as one ecosystem. Start with the door that fits you.

  • Residents & homeowners

    Rebuilding should start with the people already here. Tell us what your home and your block need.

    Share your needs
  • Community organizations

    Bring your neighborhood’s priorities to BMOD’s workshops and pilot planning.

    Join the conversation
  • Developers & CDOs

    Talk with us about pilots, demand aggregation and existing-conditions assessment for infill and rehab.

    See the six services
  • Manufacturers & builders

    Help shape a product platform for Baltimore’s rowhouses and a local microfactory.

    Explore Design & Make
  • Researchers

    Collaborate on existing-conditions data, supply chains, workforce and policy research.

    See our research
  • Government

    Work with us to streamline permitting, codes and zoning for industrialized housing across the region.

    Explore Impact
  • Funders

    Choose what you fund: pilot-ready projects, or the systems-based approach of BMOD’s six hub activities that lets projects scale.

    Talk about funding
  • Not sure where you fit?

    Send us a note and we’ll connect you with the right person.

    Connect with us

Connect

Join the BMOD ecosystem

Tell us who you are and which of BMOD’s activities matter to you, and we will connect you with the right person.

Connect with us

Prefer email? Write to info@BaltimoreModular.org.

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