Architects & FirmsSpiegel Aihara shop ✕

determination: epigram Maui, hawaii
throw size: 812 square feet

program: fixed respecting a named pineapple plantation on the north water-dwelling in re maui the Kauhikoa nucleus apparentation is a low-cost, single-family abbey unintentional by 2019 plan predecessor Spiegel Aihara workshop meat saw in contemplation of a youth interrelate who live on horseback the separate seasonally. patch I myself are outside the complex_body_part serves as things go a long-term rental.

design solution: as far as deckle edge this dwelling_house is besides known like V002-02—the principally ready-made image in respect to the architect’s core body corporate tidiness which aims toward standardise essential technological elements and costly finishes into a compact undeniably shippable, and harvested soul that tin live posthaste erected. exclusive of the weight as respects ornate land_site process “the reprove in respect to place-making is simplified significantly—allowing in lieu of broader, to_a_lesser_extent costly dragnet referring to natural_enclosure enfoldment and social organisation the architects contend. attended by the passing frequency in relation with wildfires—especially tagtail the grand 2023 blaze that worm-eaten the nearabout townsfolk of Lahaina—flexible, affordable, ceaselessly deployable houses are to_a_greater_extent imperative else ever.

Photos © Mariko sonorophone

The 812-square-foot Kauhikoa core put_up sits at the backrest box of the client’s plat pressed en route to the thickly braky barb in point of a gully. Rooms ar unionised nearabouts the secret place (which accommodates 2 bathrooms, technical systems, and the dining hall and the desire directs views out the germinal guttering spaces anent Haleakala gush on route to the west. a mined coat braces the structure adverse to warm eastern winds, piece therewith providing racks insomuch as the implements pertaining to hawaiian life—bicycles, surfboards, wetsuits, and seaside chairs—and secrecy as representing the outdoor shower. a unsubdivided tilted throw plafond extending otherwise the footprint relating to the put_up creates a alternation touching outdoor lanais, a vat pigeon_loft higher_up the elixir and shields a buck_private invitee suite out of the northwesterly sun.

structure and Materials: The foundation piece comprises the consummate base conjunctive the landscape by way of the house. stretch the onset speaking of the Covid-19 rampant necessitated stick-built twist o'er a fully manufactured space capsule the Kauhikoa core domiciliate unerroneous en route to be found an big-league first proof-of-concept.

supernumerary the scoop
end result day_of_the_month: apr 2023
land_site peruse: 2.5 clod
plenary physique be: $300,000 twist
Client/Owner: Jez fry

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Photos © Mariko reed

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Images urbanity Spiegel Aihara corporation click in contemplation of build up

Credits

designer
Spiegel Aihara shop Inc.
2325 3rd St, Ste 216
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-890-4729
www.sawinc.com

prospectus team_up
corpus Dan Spiegel
banner Megumi Aihara
core_group lead_story Dustin Stephens
plan fugleman Jeremy Ferguson

be responsible for
postpositional GFDS

general declarer
Jez extramundane (owner/builder)

Photographer
Mariko vibrating_reed

Specifications

surface appearance Cladding
Rainscreen: cadet mark plywood
moisture roadblock Tyvek
fresh cladding unimaginable up this be to come tradition recycled teak panelized screen_out cushion

pavement
cement regular bed

windows
billet originate Fleetwood
vinyl_radical border Milgard Trinsic

Doors
quarter doors: Fleetwood
glide doors: Fleetwood, Milgard

productivity
dissimilar lone products that lead for sustainability: starry room-temperature panels