Call it an ode to the dying Chicago walk-up. Over a meager span of years, from 2010 to 2016, the city lost 20,000 homes in two-flats, three-flats ... living on the third floor, the top floor ...

Molding and floor boards cover the seam where two modules came together to form the apartment. Swanson sees the modular, affordable three-flat as the modern iteration of the Chicago bungalow.