Reclaimed Space
Found this great Tiny House of 400 Square Feet. It was once slated to be demolished but Reclaimed Space, a company that deal exclusively in reclaimed construction, saw its potential. I still can’t get over how gorgeous these floors and the colors and materials all mix so well.
It starts with where we get our materials. By reclaiming wood and metal from old barn and homes we are able to preserve their embodied energy; the energy required to cultivate and mill or form all this wood and metal. It preserves landfill space and relieves us all of unsightly and potentially dangerous old structures.
Preserving the embodied energy of these materials prevents the carbon emissions from acquiring and using virgin material. And by prefabricating our homes we drastically reduce the emissions from the constant trips required by a site-built home. Building in our quality controlled production facility we are able to reduce the amount of construction waste of each home by 95%.
Better design means more efficient use of space. With open and inviting floor plans our homes are more efficient and offer greater utility. Our abilitye to build smaller spacious spaces, use less materials and offer homes with smaller physical and figurative footprints. Additionally, Reclaimed Space are built modularly, which offer a wide array of configuration and possibilites, even the ability for future adaptive additions. Should you want to move or add to your home, your changing are considered in the original design, which preventing material waste and saves time and money.
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River House
Sitting at 600 square feet, this house uses reclaimed Douglas Fir and reclaimed concrete (no idea that they could do that). It is interesting because the architect stated he wanted to maintain the current environment, blending the house with its surroundings. Some how large swaths of concrete was they way they choose to do this….I don’t really understand it, but regardless, I like how it turned out. I am a sucker for exposed concrete and large expanses of widows, this house both!
One thing that they did really focus on was not to disturb the site when building, typically step one of building a house is usually to level the lot plus 500 feet in every direction, build it up with extra dirt, then drop a house on it, this was done in a manner where the ground wasn’t touched except for the actual size of the concrete pad. It was well worth it, leaving a house that seemed to sprout from the earth itself.
The house utilizes all green materials, with beautiful reclaimed Fir and large windows and clouded doors, the light flows through the house and, in turn, the house seems to flow outwards making it seem larger. The windows look custom to me, I have never seen windows like these and the way they open them is unique.
This house is pretty amazing, being that it is 600 square feet, it has two bedrooms, a bath, living room and kitchen.
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