The interior of small houses abroad

Small houses as a symbol of the architecture of the future

Tiny houses and other compact structuresfrom around the world In the context of the instability of the global economy and the slowdown in the growth rate of construction, small houses are becoming a way to satisfy people's need for personal housing, albeit compact, but well-planned and organized. This need encourages designers and architects to develop large-scale projects, but to remain within a certain format. The material for writing this article is taken from a recently published book by the famous publishing house Taschen. It is called Small: Architecture Now! and tells about a wide variety of architectural structures of compact dimensions: tea houses, huts, saunas and even doll houses that set trends for small-format construction. Among them are luxurious and the most simple highly ecological objects, designed by celebrities such as Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban and up-and-coming specialists. We would like to tell you about the most interesting buildings today.

Beetle’s House (The Beetle’s House) at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, a project by Terunobu Fujimori

Designed specifically for the exhibition,Held at the museum in 2010, the original structure on stilts is a modern take on a traditional Japanese tea house. A charcoal shade, intended to evoke associations with black tea, was used for the facade and interior, giving the house the appearance of a small but very cozy refuge. Fujimori originally planned to create a suspended structure, but this idea proved impossible to implement within the framework of the exhibition, so the architect decided to place it on stilts.

Skid hut in New Zealand, project Crosson Clarke Carnachan

Situated in a coastal erosion zone onThe Coromandel Peninsula, this hut is designed to be mobile. It is a wooden structure on special skids that allow it to be pulled across the beach and loaded onto a barge. Its design, based on a combination of natural materials, is inspired by the beauty of the local nature and the primitive architecture of the coast guard towers. However, the small house, clad in large-fruited cypress, can accommodate a family of five. One of the facades can be raised, and then it turns into a canopy, and the interior practically merges with the landscape.

Endémico Resguardo Silvestre in Mexico, Gracia Studio project

Gracia Studio designed the complexmini-hotels, subsequently built on 99 hectares of land in the state of Baja California. In addition, a private winery was built on its territory, designed to increase the attractiveness of the site to tourists. The specialists were faced with the task of minimizing the impact on the environment, so they decided to put the houses on special platforms on stilts. The cladding of Corten steel allows the structures to fit perfectly into the semi-desert landscape and increases their resistance to weather effects. Endémico Resguardo Silvestre is a luxurious interpretation of camping, providing total immersion in the natural environment and meeting all life's needs.

House with a hearth for children in Norway, the project Haugen / Zohar

Working on a shoestring budget, the Oslo-based designerMarit Justin Haugen and Israeli architect Dan Zohar designed and built this charming house in Trondheim using salvaged materials from a nearby construction site. The 80 overlapping pine wood circles are laid on a concrete base. Their diameter gradually decreases as they approach the top of the cabin, giving it the shape of an old-fashioned fireplace with a chimney. A curved sliding door allows the fireplace to be hidden inside.

Country cottage Home-For-All in Ivata, Toyo Ito project

After 70% of the city's areaWith Rikuzentakata left in ruins by the devastating earthquake of March 2011, renowned architect Toyo Ito brought in three of his colleagues to collaborate on the Home-For-All project. The home was intended to be a place where residents could find peace and recharge their batteries to rebuild the city. Many local organizations provided financial support for the project, and the result is a 10-meter-tall structure with a spiral structure formed by sloping platforms that dramatically hang over the ground.

Riverside City Residence in Tokyo, Kota Misuisi Project

On a tiny triangular piece of land, squeezedbetween the river and the road, an unusual house has grown up, which the architect Kota Mizuishi designed specifically for a young married couple and their little daughter. The dining room and kitchen occupy most of the space on the first floor, and the living room windows face two sides, which emphasizes the original configuration of the property. The construction of a console level with a long overhang allowed, as they say, to squeeze the maximum out of the available space. There is also an attic with windows that open up a panoramic view of the sky.

Sol Duc Hut in Washington, Olson Kundig Architects Project

This hut is located on a peninsulaThe Olympic stands on steel piles, which provides it with protection from floods and flooding. The customer of the project dreamed of getting a house that is almost impossible to destroy. He lives there during vacation, when he comes to the peninsula to fish, so reducing operating costs was another priority for him. A small bedroom is located above the kitchen and living room, from which there is an exit to a kind of observation deck.

Delta Hut in Washington by Olson Kundig Architects

Like Sol Duc, this hut is locatedin the Mazama intercommunal area, is built on steel piles, giving its inhabitants a better view of the surroundings. The massive shutters that protect the windows from the elements can be raised using a simple hand mechanism. Since the area where Delta is located is very remote from urban infrastructure, the architects had to bring in pre-assembled structures and build the house from them.

Dollhouse in store on Madison Avenue in New York, Rex project

Rex specialists designed thisminiature residence commissioned by the management of the Calvin Klein fashion house. It decorated the Christmas window of the brand's flagship boutique, located on Madison Avenue in New York. The minimalist interior of the house featured models from the current Calvin Klein collection. Rex specialists took as a basis the image of the "Calvin Klein woman", a typical inhabitant of the metropolis, and created a playful miniature residence in a minimalist style.

Ark Booktower (“Book Tower”) at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Rintala Eggertsson Architects project

As part of the same exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum,Alberta, specialists from Rintala Eggertsson built a temporary structure in the form of a wooden tower. The location of the object was one of the staircases of the London institution. Conceived as a "transition from the physical space of the museum to an imaginary literary space", the tower is a huge rack filled with hundreds of old books. At the same time, all the publications are arranged in such a way that only their cuts are visible from the outside. The interior is a bright collage made up of book spines. "To find out the contents of the book, you need to enter the tower" - this is approximately the meaning put into the installation by its creators.

Portal Of Awareness (“Portal of Consciousness”) in Mexico City, Rojkind Arquitectos Project

At the request of the Nescafé brand, a dynamicThe structure, called the Portal of Consciousness, rises above one of Mexico City’s main streets, Paseo de la Reforma. A group of artists led by lead designer Rojkind Arquitectos attached 1,500 steel mugs to a wire mesh that rests on both ends of a bed of climbing plants. The already dynamic structure appears flexible and mobile, thanks to the presence of subtle color gradients, from dark red-brown to fiery orange.

Arbor and Yingst Sauna in Michigan, Salmela Architecture Project

These two small structures, located inforest near Lake Michigan, are part of a rather impressive property designed by the specialists from Salmela Architecture. The gazebo consists of three wooden frames and flat trusses covered in black paper-laminated plastic. Much more restrained is the simple structure of the sauna, which is a white cube with a “green” roof, allowing it to merge with the forest landscape.

Multi-level house with pillar pillars in Tokyo, project Suzuko Yamada Architects

The Pillar House model was originallydesigned and built specifically for a competition held by the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art. As the winner of the competition, Suzuko Yamada was awarded the right to build a full-scale version. The site of the construction was Ueno Park.

Residence Quinta Botanica in Portugal, project Sigeru Bana

Built on a cliff above the ocean, thisThe residence is owned by a wealthy collector of paintings and rare plants. The masterpiece of Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban is both an installation and a pavilion for exhibitions and receptions. Structurally, this building is a copy of another project by Ban, the Paper House, created in 1995. Wooden formwork, cardboard tubes and steel screws form its foundation - a solid structure capable of withstanding both lateral and vertical loads. During the construction of the pavilion, it was possible to avoid cutting down trees - due to the fact that it narrows from the façade to the back.Of course, not every one of these objectsdesigned for people to live in, even occasionally. But they can all serve as inspiration for designers who have decided to take up compact home design. Which building impressed you the most? Let us know in the comments.

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