TINY SLICE

Competition (top 10 shortlisted entries)

One of the most recent trends in architecture is the modular house, which can be found in forests or other isolated areas across the globe. The Tiny Slice is a competition-based design of a short-duration 32 sqm house. The flexible module of the tiny house is designed by combining many smaller strategies. A modified trombe wall is used to passively heat the space, which was inspired by a house module in North Carolina. The planning of the module is done in square grids to use the maximum amount of space possible. The lower and upper parts of the wet areas are used for harvesting water that melts from the heater at the centre (i.e. above the kitchen, sauna, and pantry). The sloped roofs not only provide a volume for snow collection but also slice up the blocky module.

Rectangular facade extruded from the plan

The sloped down layout for ice to be excluded from spaces most frequent to use,(eg-bedroom)

The division of form in two geometries having space for water storage and shifting the blocks to accumulate the ice at top where the heater could easel melt and make the use of water , (these include the warmer blocks i,e kitchen,sauna)

Modified Trombe wall

The trombe wall consists of rectangular metal plates , these rectangle can swivel so that it can absorb more or less heat. This action can also adjust the amount of light that enters the room.

It has been painted black and filled with a plant-based oil mixture. The mixture is a phase change material (PCM) that becomes liquefied when it warms and slowly releases the heat through the cooler evening and night as it returns to a waxy solid material.

Other works

Winning Entry

Concepting bus stop design

Centralising all the spaces in the site for plan so that the usable spaces have a clear head height , pedestrian path is curved outside towardsthefrontoflane

Acontinuousbridgeforpeopleto travel via the cycle is provided thatbreakstheloopofcycletrack andmakesanewpathofitsown.

A space for seating above the lower one is made in order to provide a waiting pavilion for longer waiting passengers or a space for homeless people to sleepatnight

Cycletrack

Cycletrack