Solar-powered House Arc by Joseph Bellomo
Inspired by a bike rack, Palo Alto Architect, Joseph Bellomo, has designed a sustainable, off-grid prefab home called the House Arc. This curvaceous modular home by Palo Alto architect, Joseph Bellomo, is joining the ranks of affordable, modular housing. The house is expected to withstand tropical winds and weather. Going by the renderings we see, the roof of the house has solar panels so it would be able to generate a good part of the juice it would require.
IRO Prefab by Mira Yung
IRO Prefab is the work of industrial designer Mira Yung, which has been designed considering the need for low impact sustainable homes. The IRO can be fabricated locally or can be shipped to the site via a single standard 20 feet shipping container.
The IRO features a hexagonal shape that allows the occupants to add more IRO modules to form a community that can share resources. The unique design of the modules facilitates easy customization and the addition of photovoltaic panels and rainwater harvesting systems for energy and water.
itHouse by Taalman Koch
The itHouse is a design system developed by Taalman Koch that utilizes a series of components prefabricated off-site in order to better control the construction waste, labor, and quality of the finished product.
December 21, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Latest, Prefab - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 4
E-Hab, Prefab House by E. Cobb Architects
E-Hab is a prefabricated house build by E. Cobb Architects with the highest manufacturing standards, requiring minimal site assembly. The house is intended to offer secondary occupancy for a broad range of conditions: guests, retreats, ADUs, emergency housing, second homes, and private offices, to name a few. It comes with a range of infrastructure systems to generate all necessary heat, power, and water.
Prefab Home Models by Stillwater Dwellings
The Stillwater Dwellings sd-s (stillwater series) is a collection of thirteen one and two story pre-designed homes ranging in size from 870 to 2,950 square feet. Designs feature butterfly roof lines, window “visors” and steel plate entry canopies. The homes offer a choice of three exterior / interior finish packages. Options include clerestory “light shelf” windows, patios and decks, and a detached 2 car garage.
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October 19, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Latest, Prefab - Posted by: Hans - Comments: 1
Sommarnöjen Houses by Sommarnöjen Architects
Sommarnöjen houses are 15 square meter prefab beach cabins designed by Sommarnöjen, a Stockholm-based company commissioned by the trio; Sandell Sandberg Architect, Kjellander + Sjober Architect Office, and Tham & Videgard Hansson Architects. The functional design allows for various ‘cabins’ to be integrated together allowing for a multitude of uses including guest houses, studios, offices or even saunas! Sommarnöjen means ‘Summer Enjoyment’ and from the photo selection provided, the reason is clear!!
The mini-houses are built by hand using local and sustainable materials and outfitted with fixtures and furniture by companies like Electrolux, Dux, and Kasthall.
June 29, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Beach House, Latest, Pavillion, Prefab - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 2
“Koby Cottage,” Modular by Garrison Architects
Koby Cottage is a modular Cottage created by Garrison Architects. The house plan is composed of two diagonal intersecting axes centred around the dining room table as a meeting place for family. One axis includes the bedrooms of all family members. The other which incorporates the public entry hall and living-room runs through the building in diagonal pathway which culminates in the expanded volumes of the living room.
May 25, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Latest, Prefab - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
“American House 08″ by William E. Massie
American House 08, is the first in a series of ten prefabricated houses designed and constructed by William E. Massie — the award-winning Architect-in-Residence and Head of the Architecture Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art.
American House 08 embodies Massie’s drastically divergent practice from traditional architecture through his use of computer-based fabrication technology for efficient, precise, and customized fabrication. Constructed entirely within the architect’s 12,000 square-foot studio just minutes away from the historic Saarinen-designed Cranbrook campus, American House 08 was designed, in part, at full scale. By composing in real-time, Massie is able to negotiate between material and concept, relying on human reaction to the actual space and details. Utilizing computer-based fabrication technology for production, the house consists of a prefabricated steel frame, in-filled with manufactured structural panels all filtered through a process of digital fabrication.
January 7, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Latest, Prefab - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 1
The Royal Q Series by Kohn Shnier Architects
The Royal Q designed by Kohn Shnier Architects is a cabin in the wood, a refuge, a chalet, a place to get away to a place to build memories. The basic model is 620 sq.ft of efficient, modern design with two bedrooms, tons of storage, all of the necessities and a few of the niceties of life. Because not only the wealthy should be able to afford a home designed with flair and skill by a great architect.
November 14, 2008 - Category: Architecture, Latest, Prefab - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
Folded Bamboo and Paper Houses, Temporary Shelters for Earthquake’s Homeless by Ming Tang
After a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck central China last May, killing 69,000 people, injuring hundreds of thousands and leaving millions homeless, China is planning an extensive reconstruction project that includes building more than 1.5 million temporary homes, which are expected to last two or three years. The central feature of Ming Tang project is the development of a temporary shelter for the homeless people, a kinetic structure that exhibits characteristics of umbrella and folded fans, with the potential of arranging themselves into various contexts and dwelling requirements.
Ming Tang named it as Bamboo + paper House, a self reconstructive structure for instant installations, which, according to the changing internal requirements and site topography, can produce potentially infinite scenarios.
Lifepod by Kyu Che, Yurt of the Future
The Lifepod is build by Kyu Che built to be highly portable. It is a fully functioning cool enough to let you escape miles away, to a lake, beach or in a forest.
Originally conceived in 1997, Lifepods are being created using the most recent automotive, aeronautic, nautical and RV technologies.
September 9, 2008 - Category: Architecture, Latest - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 1
Rincon 5 by Marmol Radziner
Marmol Radziner revealed their new 660 square foot unit Rincon 5 prefab. The clean-lined guest unit features an excellent set of sustainable features including LED lighting, recycled insulation, and bamboo flooring, plus it can function completely off-grid with an optional solar panel package.
August 20, 2008 - Category: Architecture, Green, Latest - Posted by: Hans - Comments: 2
The Rucksack House by Stefan Eberstadt
Rucksack House created by Stefan Eberstadt is a great new way to expand your living space perched between art and architecture, form and function. A hovering illuminated space that looks like a cross between temporary scaffolding and minimal sculpture. As mobile as a rucksack, this mini-house is intended to be an additional room that can be suspended from the façade of any residential building.
March 13, 2008 - Category: Architecture - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 1
Rotating Sphere Lounger By Ornate Garden
Rotating Sphere Lounger is created by Ornate Garden and made from pressure treated pine laminates, which form a circular diameter of approximately 2.4 meters on this particular model. Each timber circle is approximately 90mm wide and 120mm deep and if you counted the half circles that run from top of the sphere to the ground you will find it consists of 10 sections. In between each section is a polycarbonate window. This protects the inside from the rain and wind but also allows you to look out of the lounger.
Inside the sphere all around the edge is a seating area with a table in the centre. The table of the sphere is adjustable so it can be lowered to the same height as the seat
March 11, 2008 - Category: Architecture, Latest - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 1
Magic Box by Magic Box Inc
The Magic Box is created by Magic Box Inc to provide you with a unique, comfortable space for the individual and for the business. The Magic Box is a versatile ‘box’ that changes the stereotypes of prefabricated houses and extension rooms by combining qualities such as transparency and simplistic form with high versatility.
March 4, 2008 - Category: Architecture - Posted by: Hans - Comments: 1
Camp Smull by Resolution: 4 Architecture
Resolution: 4 creates its designs based on “modules of use” — designed for communal or private spaces. The different kinds of modules can be mixed and matched to achieve a theoretically infinite number of designs, suited to the buyer’s site, budget, and lifestyle. The various combinations are called “typologies.”
Camp Smull blends Resolution: 4’s “three-bar bridge” and “two-bar slip” typologies. The main level is the soul of the home, with the entry, a large outdoor deck, and zones for living, dining, and cooking.
February 25, 2008 - Category: Architecture - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 1
MOMO,Modernistiskt Modulhuskoncept by Thomas Lind
MOMO or which means “modern module house concept” is a modernistic modular house concept designed by Swedish architect Thomas Lind.MOMO’s modular prefab units come in flat packs but must be assembled by an experienced builder.
Lind doesn’t claim that the 10-square-meter (107 sq. ft.) modules are deep green, though their small size certainly helps. He says they are “high quality and healthy materials” mainly solid wood using traditional stains outside and whitewash on inner walls.
February 15, 2008 - Category: Architecture - Posted by: Hans - Comments: 0
Boxhome by Sami Rintala
Boxhome is low cost green dwelling created by Sami Rintala. The project focuses in the quality of space, material and natural light, and tries to reduce unnecessary floor area. The result is a dwelling where the price is only 1/4 of the price of any same size apartment in the same area.
February 4, 2008 - Category: Architecture - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 4