This is a container housing system using 2x 40ft/12m containers in a cross-like composition that resemble the letters: T-X-L…
No matter how you place the containers the remaining volumes of negative space for development do not change. The result is a felxible composition housing platform that can be built within the same budget.
Open Box is housing system that fits into an open-side container. The container is not altered, instead a frame and panel system is fit into the door locks when the doors arein the open position to create a larger space.
All of the parts fit inside the container, its shipped, and the panels lock into the container on site for easy construction.
Hexahome is a modular housing system inspired by the current refugee crisis in Europe. Button Studios in collaboration with Outsyde Projects has taken an Open Source design system called the Hexayurt and engineered it for cold climates. The original Hexayurt system was invented by Vinay Gupta as a flexible temporary shelter for regions in crisis. The Hexahome is an attempt to convert the Hexayurt into a warm, secure, and lasting home designed for cold climates.
Polyhousing is a design system based on the traditional monpoly house. In trying to keep with standardized architecture for permiting and construction this design takes the building shell to somehing more interesting.
Cross Section beams allow for quick errection and simple panelized techniques.
With more electric cars on the road around the world, the need to implement the right type of infrastructure to support electric transportation has never been greater. While the demand is growing for more electric car-ports, local governments of the world are struggling to keep up with the supply required to keep this industry moving.
Imagine shipping containers fitted out with Photovoltaic panels to make easily deployable power stations. They can be produced anywhere in the world, and shipped to any location where they are required.
The Hemingway Hause is a chameleon. It appears to be a standard colonial style pitched roof home from the exterior, but the house is actually a warehouse style structure with a large open interior space that allows the inhabitant to have complete flexibility to how they would compose their home. The interior becomes an open slab plan with ceilings high enough to develop a second floor or mezzanine over a large open space.
If you are looking at a problem property with difficult site conditions, or if you just want to live in the trees, a stilted house is for you.
There is nothing new about the idea of lifting a home off the ground, it’s just that we got comfortable in flatland.
…when architecture gets boring…
The Smart Home system was developed between Button Studios and Biorhythm Design Studios when a European steel manufacturer approached Biorhythm to design a modular housing system suitable for corporate team relocation.
The concept was to have Host buildings in various countries around the world, and the employee that requires relocating can transport their personal belongings with them from project to project.
