Toffler argues we live in a throw away society. I think this is prettymuch fact, however he goes on to argue that modular constructions of Cedric Price are still throw away. I’m not so sure. His argument takes the premise that because the environment changes, we are throwing away the old environment. In premise, this is true, but certainly this is better than throwing away building material to make a new environment? If we look back in human history, we as a species have historically been nomadic for the bulk of our existence. It’s unnatural to be in the same environment for such a long time; that’s not to say that it’s wrong, however. So it really only seems natural that we like changing environments. Doing this in the least destructive way is what’s key to making it not “throw away.” Sure, if we want to call changing an environments’ organization throw away we can, but isn’t it design’s responsibilty to respond to needs? If this is presented as a need then modularity seems to address it in the least destructive way possible. Being “throw away” is fine, as long as it truly isn’t throw away. Here, I would argue, it is not.