01 / Start with the site
A good idea has to fit its place.
Location, access, utilities and how someone wants to live belong in the conversation before a building system is chosen.
Alternative construction + attainable housing
Build less noise.
Build more intention.
Kismet explores a different approach to homebuilding: panelized construction, thoughtfully chosen materials and homes designed around the people who will live in them.
Start a conversationThe purpose
More ways to make home possible.
Kismet is the building and development initiative within Rebecca Hidalgo's broader housing work. The focus is attainable housing: exploring how a home's design, materials and assembly can work together without losing sight of the people, place and budget behind it.
What alternative construction means here
A different system.
The same human need.
Kismet's material focus includes magnesium oxide (MgO) structural insulated panels and a kit-of-parts approach: planning components together rather than treating every decision as a separate job-site problem.
The right assembly depends on the site, engineering, local approvals and the specific products selected. Performance, cost and timing must be evaluated for each project.
02 / Think in components
Consider how the parts come together.
Panelized construction and coordinated components are central to the approach Kismet is exploring, alongside the practical work of installation and local review.
03 / Keep the whole home in view
Useful space. A realistic plan.
The questions are concrete: what does the household need, what does the full project involve, and which choices make sense over the life of the home?
Rebecca's perspective
The housing question behind Kismet.
Rebecca brings a background in real estate, new-home sales and builder relationships to this work. Kismet connects that experience with her interest in expanding the ways people can find a home within reach.
Hear Rebecca discuss housing affordability and alternative building systems on The Building Code.
Hear the conversationLet's talk about the possibility
What brings you
to Kismet?
A site, a useful building system or a potential collaboration is a good place to start. Choose the conversation that fits.
A home or land idea
Share the location, whether you have a site, and what you are hoping to explore.
A building or development collaboration
Introduce your work and the role you could bring to a future project.
A material or building system
Send the system overview, documentation and where it is available.
Prefer to write directly? team@kismethomesusa.com