Zenkaya, Prefab Houses by Eric Bigot
Headed by architect Eric Bigot, the driving concept behind ZenKaya is to make building a house as simple as buying a car. ZenKaya is a fusion of modern technology and practicality which will give you peace of mind. This prefab is delivered completed ready to live in and comes in a lot of sizes and customized features.
August 14, 2006 - Architecture, Green
Author: Shan Tara
17 Responses to “Zenkaya, Prefab Houses by Eric Bigot”
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December 12th, 2006 at 2:00 am
i saw this atricle in DWELL magazine. would like a way to contact eric.. im interested in offering my help.
January 20th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
I was very impressed with you design. I live in the states, but am from Capetown, South Africa. I worked for Nelson Mandela while he was president. I have wanted to return home for work that continues to make a difference. To many families are living in horrid conditions, however, I feel prefab is a viable and practical vehicle for change.
Do you have projects in place for bringing Zenkaya to entire communities, and do you plan to hire people for it’s construction?
Thank you
Pascal Freeman
January 25th, 2007 at 5:35 am
Hi Stephan,
The best way to contact him would be to use the contact form at this website:
http://www.zenkaya.com/htm/zenkaya-vision.htm
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:29 am
Hello. I’ve been trying the cell phone number and contact form address to reach Zenkaya in Johannesburg, South Africa. How does one get hold of you??? Very interested in finding our more about costs, designs, etc of Zenkayas and Bushkayas. Thanks
May 16th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
its really gay
May 25th, 2007 at 7:47 am
Hi,
I am quite interested in this idea for building on a stand in Pretoria. Would it be possible to let me know the cost f each unit type that is available. I would also like to know about building regulations in RSA for such a built type in Gauteng.
Thanks
Jacques
July 9th, 2007 at 5:19 am
Please contact me re. your Zenkaya homes.
July 24th, 2007 at 9:38 am
I would like to contact Eric Bigot. Could you please send me his contact details. Many thanks.
August 26th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
pl let me know about cost of zenkaya in s.a rand also if there are any built here yet
March 19th, 2008 at 7:06 am
very impressed with the designs and its practicality for the SA Society. one thing though, cant get hold of this Eric Fellow, quiet Elusive: tried several times to contact and send mails. would like to know costs
August 31st, 2008 at 5:18 am
hello,
I’m taisir from AL-SHUMOOKH prefab houses
I want to recognize about your company and I hope to send for our
All details around prefab houses
September 13th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Hi, my husband is an architect and we are very impressed with your plans for pre fab home. We are in Australia – can you please let us know about cost and
shipping of same.
Fabulous designs.
Regards,
Louise Chernov
September 24th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Hi Louise,
The best way to contact him would be to use the contact form at this website:
http://www.zenkaya.com/htm/zenkaya-vision.htm
July 8th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
I WANT TO HAVE A ZENKAYA OF MY OWN.PLEASE CONTACT ME AND GIVE ME QUOTES OF YOUR PRODUCTS.
February 24th, 2011 at 8:21 am
please can i have the contact details of someone to talk to about ordering,
March 6th, 2011 at 10:41 am
I am interested in this idea for building on a stand in bfn. could you let me know what the cost for each unit type is and I would also like to know about building regulations in RSA for such a built type in the Freestate.
Thank you
Onissa
April 18th, 2011 at 11:02 pm
Hi there,
Found different articles speaking about the concept of Zenkaya.
Interesting. But no price, no real installation – just lately some clinky videos on a poor flash website – yerk…
Is there really somebody behind this? Or is it just some kind of a student project?
Very very disapointing…
As says the website:
“ZENKAYA is for the discerning people who value things differently. Those who appreciate their time and don’t want to embark in unforseen substantial amount of time and energy in design process.”
Sure – because you never know when somebody from Zenkaya will even reply to you…
“ZENKAYA is quality driven
Zenkaya uses only quality materials and
qualified artisans in order to provide the best product.”
Yep, they apparently never ever find an artisan to really build one real house that was delivered to a real client.
“ZENKAYA is hassle free
Your house in a day. Here is the catch. It will take us
approximalively 12 weeks to complete it but you will
see us only a couple of days.”
But it will take you years before somebody answer your email.
“ZENKAYA is Eco Friendly
Zenkaya is all about nature.
We leave your site undisturbed without using large
foundations. We minimize materials quantities and
waste at the factory.”
Sure, you will never see one on any real installation – except one that was apparently installed on a demo site years ago…
“ZENKAYA is affordable
At Zenkaya we make a point of giving you a price like
a car and not a quotation like a builder ensuring no
un-necessary surprises.”
But you will be really lucky if you ever get a price from Zenkaya.
They never have time to reply to any contact.
Seems like a nice concept, but pity, nothing behind – only marketing…
Just stay away from these guys, and you will save A LOT of your time.