Prefab Modular Houses and Buildings

When Brad Tomecek and his household outgrew their Denver loft and determined to swap it for a single-family dwelling, the architect took the chance to experiment with an alternate constructing method.

He bought a slender 25-foot-by-125-foot infill lot inside strolling distance to downtown, and, alongside along with his colleagues at Studio H:T, designed a 2,750-square-foot modular home to be in-built a manufacturing facility. “It was an experiment to deliver fashionable inexperienced design via the prefab course of,” says Tomacek. “It saves time and reduces materials waste to simply 5 p.c.”

The primary LEED Silver–licensed modular home within the state, it has a poured-in-place basis with two containers stacked above. “As a result of the positioning borders a industrial space, the zoning allow us to go somewhat greater than traditional,” Tomacek explains. “That allowed for 3 tales together with a basement.” Sliding the highest field again just a few ft created an higher southern deck and a coated rear entry space.

The undertaking took simply four-and-a-half months from begin to end. “We went from a basis to a full body construction in about 5 hours,” says Tomecek. “It was a superb expertise, and now we now have one other device in our toolbox.”

Description by architect

This undertaking checks the speculation of bringing prime quality design to a prefabricated manufacturing facility setting. Enrolled within the LEED-House Pilot, this residence accomplished certification. The modular dwelling was conceived as two containers that slide above each other to create out of doors dwelling house and a decrease coated rear entry. The passive photo voltaic design invitations massive quantities of sunshine from the south whereas minimizing openings to the east and west. Manufacturing unit building saves each time and prices whereas decreasing waste and utilizing a managed labor pressure.

In-built a manufacturing facility north of Denver, the house arrived by flatbed truck in two items and was craned into place in about 4 hours offering a quick, sustainable, value efficient different to conventional homebuilding methods. Upgraded lighting, plumbing fixtures, doorways, door {hardware}, home windows, tile and bamboo flooring had been integrated into the design. 80% of the residence was accomplished within the manufacturing facility in lower than 3 weeks and different objects had been completed on web site together with the outside stucco, storage, metallic railing and stair.

Stack-Slide-Sew describes the conceptual means of the best way to tie collectively two distinct modular containers. Stack refers to setting one modular straight on high of the opposite. Slide refers back to the motion that creates an higher southern deck space whereas concurrently offering a coated rear entry space. The stitching or interlocking happens with the upward extension of the decrease quantity with the entrance deck partitions and with the rear two story vertical.

Flooring plans

Manufacturing in manufacturing facility

On-site meeting

About Tomecek Studio

The considerate, collaborative and lasting creation of structure has the flexibility to affect the standard of life for many who use it. Tomecek Studio Structure is devoted to crafting distinctive and responsive areas that go above and past the usual constructing expertise.

We function with a spirit of curiosity via craft and exploration. Our observations change into the idea for our actions. We make use of a collaborative course of to supply inventive options to our shopper’s particular circumstances. Finally, we craft locations that reside in reminiscence based mostly on the sculpting of sunshine, floor, materials and house.

High quality is the final word measure of worth.

Design Excellence – We imagine within the extraordinary energy of design to affect the standard of life.

Integrity – We stake our popularity and located {our relationships} on honesty, belief, respect and monetary integrity. We need purchasers who imagine in the identical.

Innovation – We problem the established order to be able to entry improved processes and applied sciences. We discover prefab and modular strategies each previous and new to yield experientially progressive areas.

Collaboration – We take time to hear. We iterate in a co-creative course of with purchasers, consultants and contractors.

Environmental Stewardship – We lead by instance, offering purchasers with tasks which can be sustainable and accountable. We imagine in taking actions as designers to reduce the human affect on the world.

Outreach – We evangelize the ability of prefab and modular design via instructing, mentorship, neighborhood involvement and public talking.