Month: May 2024
Tiny House Lake Arrowhead in winter
Tiny House International Architecture Contest, 2020
This is a concept with 350 sf Livable area, plus terraces, decks and Pier. Kitchen with breakfast with Patio Cover with BBQ and dining area on first floor; on the second floor is the living room convertible in a Bedroom in double height, with a mezzanine where the small office with a library is located. on top of the building is located the main access and the bridge where the parking is, linked to the street. All the levels are connected by an elevator with its transparent steel and glass passageway that allows the inhabitants to view the terraces and the exterior landscape. Thus, the small house on 3 l3v3ls, allows double access by road on tof as well as by saling from the lake level.
Tiny House Architectural Contest
The new conditions of the third millennium have led us to rethink our way of life.
We have overwhelmed nature with overpopulation, which is causing positive reflection aimed at ending an era of destruction of our habitat, as we have known it.
We must think about reducing the space we have appropriated to minimize these effects by optimizing land use by alternating it over time.
Globalization and the different time zones of the planet could lead to a reorganization of working times around the world.
Working from home would eliminate the movement of large masses of vehicles at fixed times that cause large traffic jams during peak hours.
The areas that we must gradually modify are those in which we have abused the appropriation of natural soil, with constructions that have waterproofed the surface of the earth, such as roads, roofs, solar panels, etc. causing the modification of the natural water cycle, as well as air pollution.
To avoid this, the strategy must focus on the realization of new projects that minimize its total area and are surrounded by green spaces.
As for the single-family house, we have usually assigned a room for each use. Therefore, a bedroom is used a third of the day, (8 hours daily) Kitchen, one hour per meal (4 hours in 24) and so on with each of the uses.
In California, many young people share their housing needs by taking advantage of the fact that students and workers sleep at different times. This could well be optimized if a system of shared shifts, commonly called a “hot bed”, were planned. Similarly, it is not necessary for a house to have more than one bathroom that is used for no more than an hour a day.
