MODULAR HOUSE Thuy Mai & Marisa Wilkens Modest Modules Studio Professor Terry Boling
Given the studio prompt to design high quality, affordable housing we turned to Elemental’s concept of “incremental housing” for inspiration. The Fairdale, Kentucky site will have groupings of the base unit constructions that can have optional prefabricated modules added over time as the owner needs, wants, or can afford. Using modular construction and CLT as a primary material, units are easily transportable and environmentally conscious. Since the site is also in proximity of the Jefferson National Forest, helical piers are used as foundations to minimize impact on the earth. Each grouping of units will also have access to a community pod. These small structures have the ability to open on three sides and include a set of chairs, a table, and wooden boxes that can be rearranged to meet the needs of each community, with the ability to be changed over time by residents. Every unit starts as a studio apartment, with the potential to grow to be a three bedroom house, additional rooms can be added in a variety of sequences but have predetermined connection points giving the owner some choice in how their house grows while keeping the expansion controlled. Residents experience elegant design at every phase of possible configurations and flexibility for their home to adapt to every phase of their life without having to move.
BASE UNIT & EXPANDED UNIT
2’
4’
6’
CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
DINING ROOM
LIVING ROOM
KITCHEN & BATHROOM 1 & LAUNDRY
BATHROOM 2
BEDROOM 1
EXPANDED LIVING ROOM
DECK
BEDROOM 2
BATHROOM 3
CLOSET CONNECTION
BEDROOM 3 140 sqft BATHROOM 3 52 sqft
DINING ROOM 112 sqft
CONNECTION 32 sqft
CONNECTION (2)
DECK 160 sqft LIVING ROOM 168 sqft
BEDROOM 2 140 sqft
EXPANDED LIVING ROOM 150 sqft
KITCHEN 66 sqft
CLOSET CONNECTION 36 sqft
BATHROOM 2 52 sqft
BEDROOM 1 140 sqft REMOVABLE BEDROOM 3
KIT OF PARTS
BATHROOM 1 48 sqft
CONNECTION 32 sqft
SITE
YEAR 1
YEA
AR 5
YEAR 10
COMMUNITY PODS
PLAYHOUSE
OFFICE
LIBR
RARY
GARDEN/GREENHOUSE
OUTDOOR KITCHEN
2”
CHARRED WOOD SIDING HAT CHANNEL
4”
6”
ALUMINUM WINDOW FRAME
MINERAL WOOL INSULATION WATER BARRIER
DOUBLE GLAZING
CASCADIA CLIP
DETAILS
3 PLY CLT
2”
4”
6”
STEEL ROOF EPDM MINERAL WOOL INSULATION Z GIRT CHARRED WOOD SIDING WATER BARRIER HAT CHANNEL CASCADIA CLIP 5 PLY CLT FLASHING
ALUMINUM WINDOW FRAME
DOUBLE GLAZING
ALUMINUM WINDOW FRAME
DOUBLE GLAZING
FLASHING WOOD BLOCKING 5 PLY CLT CASCADIA CLIP HAT CHANNEL CHARRED WOOD SIDING WATER BARRIER MINERAL WOOL INSULATION
2”
4”
6”
1
2
FLOOR BEYOND 3 PLY CLT WATER BARRIER MINERAL WOOL INSULATION
STEEL CONNECTION PIECE WOOD WALL CONNECTION PIECE WOOD FLOOR CONNECTION PIECE
CHARRED WOOD SIDING HAT CHANNEL CASCADIA CLIP
1
MODULE CONNECTION PLAN DETAIL
BEFORE FILLER PIECE
3 PLY CLT WATER BARRIER CASCADIA CLIP MINERAL WOOL INSULATION HAT CHANNEL CHARRED WOOD SIDING
AFTER 3 PLY CLT WATER BARRIER CASCADIA CLIP MINERAL WOOL INSULATION HAT CHANNEL CHARRED WOOD SIDING NEW MODULE ADDITION
1
ADDITION CONNECTION PLAN DETAIL
2”
4”
6”
BASE UNIT SECTION
2’
4’
6’
BASE UNIT LIVING ROOM
EXPANDED UNIT SECTION
2’
4’
6’
EXPANDED UNIT LIVING ROOM