Blue Sky Home by o2 Architecture
o2 Architecture have designed a prototype home for prefab developer Blue Sky Homes, located in the Mojave Desert of California.
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Project description:
A collaborative effort between Prefabricated Home developer Blue Sky Homes LLC and Palm Springs based Architect Lance O’Donnell of o2 Architecture; this 1,000 SF home is located in the Mojave Desert region at 4,000’ above sea level. The program called for a sustainable, modestly scaled residence to serve as a prototype for a prefabricated line of homes. Special attention was paid to site placement and building orientation. Inspired by Le Corbusier’s “Domino”; the building contains a pure structure of columns and planes. Adaptability is created by the non-load bearing walls and openings that can be moved within the structure to satisfy a variety of site conditions.
The home is positioned above the site on moment-resisting columns and beams of cold-formed, light gauge steel. The building envelope is composed by a grid of pre-manufactured wall panels and standardized building components. The bathroom module, containing all home MEP systems, is built off-site and delivered finished. Interior spaces are defined by the placement of storage cabinetry, eliminating interior framed walls. Solar technologies provide electricity, hot water and space heating.
The flat-packed building components minimize transportation volume and promote sustainability through material/structural efficiency and can be dissembled and relocated. The inherent nature of prefabricated design ensures low embodied energy and minimizes site waste. The prototype was completed after a construction schedule of 8 weeks.
You can also watch a YouTube video about the house – here.
Visit the o2 Architecture website – here.
Visit the Blue Sky Homes website – here.
Photography by NuVue Interactive
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Dorian G Muncey on 23 Dec 2010 at 6:54 pm #
Nice on many levels.
The den, which becomes a room open to the site is a sweet touch.
It is unfortunate that there is not a plan or elevations.
Alan Michael on 24 Dec 2010 at 9:15 am #
Dorian, if you go to the Blue Sky Homes website(link provided in the article above) and click “BSH 1,000 o2″ listed under “CONTENT:” on the right side of the web page; you can see the home’s floor plan and a rotating elevation image.
LF on 24 Dec 2010 at 12:03 pm #
Nice simple design. Were are the kitchen and bathroom cabinets from?
Maira Evans on 25 Dec 2010 at 2:16 pm #
Simple, elegant and versatile. A construction that could be easily placed in many different terrains i.e. beach front, mountain etc.
TW on 25 Dec 2010 at 2:57 pm #
It’s very commendable but it’s not really prefab is it? Only the bathrom is assembled off site and brought into place. All the other components are contructed on site.
Don’t re-invent the wheel. Instead take a trip to Germany and see real prefab housing – beautiful designs using low cost components, assembled in a factory, installed in a week. THAT is prefab housing. This is just low cost housing.
However, it is still good to see home building companies trying out new things.
enrico on 28 Dec 2010 at 5:22 am #
An interesting project. If you move it from the Mojave Desert, I would not recommend to use solar technology anyway! I would also have appreciated more “bravery” about prefab.