A
new, innovative housing model, ‘Tiny Houses’, has been created to offer
sustainable, mobile and affordable living as the trend for minimalist
design and flexible living continues to grow globally. The Tiny Houses,
which range from 18 – 23 sq/m provide the key essentials, including a
bathroom, heating system and electrical power supply, but have been
expertly designed to encourage people to comfortably
live more simply, sustainably and efficiently.
The unique homes have been built almost entirely from wood, and each is clad with Kebony
,
a global leader in the production of
sustainable modified wood, which provides a stylish finish, resistance
to harsh weather conditions and requires little to no maintenance.
Ensuring the homes were built with a key focus on sustainability
was a priority for the architects,KOOP
Architekten & Ingenieure, who realised the vision for a new housing
model, which produces a small environmental footprint and encourages
people to understand how to live with less.
The Managing Director of KOOP
Architekten & Ingenieure, Lars Christoph, explains:“In a life
where materials aspects are reduced to just the essentials, more space
is actually created for what’s truly important.. for flexibility and
personal freedom… The owners will enjoy the
homes for a long time. Kebony gives a 30-year guarantee on its woods – and that’s something I trust, too.”
The
Tiny Houses also respond
directly to those in need of affordable accommodation, particularly as
the housing becomes even scarcer and more expensive, especially in
German cities, where the first Tiny Houses by KOOP Architekten have been
built. The mobility of the homes has also proved
to be very attractive to buyers looking for holiday homes which can be
transported simply by car trailer, providing further flexibility to
owners looking to travel both domestically and internationally.
Mette Valen,
Sales Manager Norway at Kebony added: “Kebony is delighted to have
contributed to these forward-thinking homes which offer a solution to
many of the challenges new home owners face today. Kebony wood is
perfect for the design of the Tiny Houses, and will
stand the test of time in the same way this new model for housing will
too.
Developed
in Norway, Kebony’s revolutionary technology is an environmentally
friendly process which modifies sustainably sourced softwoods by heating
the wood with furfuryl alcohol – an agricultural by-product. By
polymerising the wood’s cell wall, the softwoods permanently
take on the attributes of tropical hardwood including high durability,
hardness and dimensional stability. Kebony’s environmental credentials
and ability to withstand all weather conditions made it the ideal
material for the exterior cladding of the Tiny Houses.
Source : Kebony
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