About Us
MISSION STATEMENT
“To accelerate the transition of the build industry by creating affordable residential buildings while reducing the environmental footprint”.
AFFORDABLE & SUSTAINABLE
TMB is a purpose-driven company which focusses on affordable and sustainable housing.
Belief systems are changing, there is not enough energy, material, and money to sustain old building methods. People want (demand) affordable housing. Our core belief is that technological innovation will transform and massively change the entire built environment. When I started reading about the modular building industry, I was convinced, based on 40 years of experience, a more holistic, and agile way of modular building, was needed to achieve affordable housing.
TMB wants to maximize social impact and sustainability. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the ideas of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, McKinsey, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and LinkedIn contacts play an integral role in and sharpened our vision. Sustainable housing requires that we stay close to nature. Our decisions must respect earth’s resources and the interdependence of all life. Rich or poor we only have one planet, and we need to start treating our planet as if we are planning to stay.
Orange Kit
INSPIRED
After working for many years with container kitchens we created in 2016 our patented NxtGen Industrial building system followed by our NxtGen Kitchens building system in 2018. I got convinced of the possibility to create a new building method and change the residential building industry starting from scratch with a holistic, modularized, simple to understand approach. To enable mass-customization, speed of development and configurability, we created Orange Kit.
Orange Kit is a collection of engineered building components that can be fit together for a variety of configurations to create a family of residential buildings.
TMB Vertical
True Modular Building has an asset light quasi-vertical business model and our commitment to sustainability is integrated throughout the value chain. We strongly believe that in the building industry it’s imperative to have control over the value chain (AEC to final product) and supply chain to be able to make better choices for our planet. Our holistic integrated approach means we harness the expertise in infrastructure, design, development, investments, and management to deliver a project from conception to completion. Our buildings are configurable products with the ability to improve and adapt over time.
Orange Kit
FUTURE PROOF
People have different needs which change over time. TMB buildings can easily be adapted because not the whole system, but just specific components or add-ons need to be customized. Size and weight (transport costs and handling capability), dimensional and structural stability (less material and error costs) and TCO/TCU (maintenance costs and ability to replace installations) are analyzed and adjusted if necessary to enhance the customer experience and stay cost-effective. Assemblies and components are releasable, and reusable without rework. The “Orange Kit” platforms are flexible and agile so replacements and adding new improved materials within the platform is easy. Modularization to ensure our “Orange Kit” is future proof.
We create, sustain, preserve, and share value.
Video TMB's sister company
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In TMB’s sister company Kessel Rental we have helped, over the last 40 years, many world-famous brands with temporary kitchens & restaurants during construction and renovation projects. Based on our knowledge and experience with volumetric we envisioned the need for more adaptability in a residential building system. Therefore we created an easy to transport and assemble componentized building system. We call this prefab construction kit of parts:
Orange Kit
Act Now
In 2018, I started working on what I now call my legacy project and founded on my birthday in 2020 NxtGen Houses, as a spin-off from NxtGen Smart Modular Building / Kessel Rental. In this company we worked for over 40 years with temporary volumetric kitchen container projects, see video. In 2023 I changed the name NxtGen Houses into True Modular Building (TMB) opposite to volumetric building. I use our “Van Duuren” family crest as a basis for TMB’s sign for quality and authenticity.
We unite like-minded people, service providers, co-makers, and investors to produce planet friendly products for affordable housing and decarbonize the building industry. Together we can make a difference. Walk your talk.
