Cantilevered Cabin: A Sustainable Tiny House for Houston

Tiny House Houston:

2 C Design & Presented by Carson C. Lucarelli, MURP

Introduction Situated within the city of Houston on a south-facing lot, the 397 square foot CantileveredCabin (C2 ) offers a respite from exorbitant mortgage prices, overcrowded vertical living, and unsustainable suburban sprawl. With modern sustainable amenities and enhanced building features, C2 is an economically and ecologically sound alternative for Urban Houstonians seeking a minimalist approach to living.

The defining feature of the cabin is the use of the cantilever; which makes use of exterior vertical space while minimizing the building’s overall footprint on the lot.

The birth of the suburbs located in “Anywhere-America” circa 1950. Source: Keller Easterling, Yale School of Architecture

Plan View Cantilevered sleeping quarters 7’ 6” x 9’ 10”

Plan View

Habitable ground floor 30’ x 10’

Landscape View: Southern Elevation

Landscape View: Northern Elevation

Eastern Elevation Cabin

Restroom 3’4” x 6’7” 22 Sq. Feet

Eastern Elevation Cantilevered Sleeping Quarters: 7’ 6” x 9’ 10” 73.75 Square Feet

Eastern Elevation

14’, 5”

Western Elevation / Front Entrance

12’

North-Western Elevation

South-Eastern Elevation

Sustainable Features • On-sight energy production (5 x 240w Photovoltaic panels) • A green-wall, framed in regionally repurposed wood • Two (2) rainwater filtration terraces to minimize storm-water run-off • Passive solar design to encourage natural heating/cooling based on the structure’s relationship to the given geography • Solar-treated windows to reduce energy costs