The “Live Pod” from Miso Soup Design is a prefabricated house that co-exists with the cycle of nature to support a sustainable lifestyle. Made of renewable material such as rain screen facade, bamboo flooring and photovoltaic panel, the prefab is covered by green roof to collect rainwater for irrigation of an edible garden. The portable house can be detached in components, so it could easily be moved from one place to other on a tractor trailer. Despite their unusual shape, the windows of the structure create playful and operable openings, as they are arranged off site to achieve quality control.
One of the most interesting aspects of the Live Pod is that unlike other prefabs, it allows room for modification, for the residents can customize the exterior wall, to any color and texture, and change the rain screen panel, from painted aluminum, recycled resin or cement boar. The column free wall apart from becoming the structural anchor also hides all mechanical, electrical, and HVAC ducts and cables connected to the mechanism on the rooftop, to create a clutter-free living space.
Via: Miso Soup Design
...this looks very interesting too!!
Espreitem...vale a pena!!
I want one of these for my very own. They’d be even more cool if:
1. How about designing connector panels to allow interlocking of several pods to form larger multi-family complexes? (Here in the US, we’ve had a little, um, trouble with housing prices [maybe you’ve heard about it], so some of us would like to reinvestigate communal living. But we still want lots of bathrooms. We’re funny like that.)
2. I’m assuming that water is heated with a solar-powered flash heater. Right?
3. As the population ages, it might be nice to include an option for a modular elevator shaft. This would allow people who have trouble with stairs to continue living within a small geographic footprint.
4. I’ve noticed some problems with LED light fixtures. They light up, but they don’t illuminate very well. Just saying.
5. The window shapes look completely customizable, which is also cool. How does the house do with extreme temperatures or local conditions such as earthquakes, tornadoes, floods?
That said, I still want one. How much? ;>
