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An off-grid Microhome comfortably able to accommodate a couple and provides a remote lifestyle.
The brief was simple. No site location, a maximum of 25m squared interior living space and to be able to sustain itself while remaining off of the power grid.
A simple bathroom, comfortable kitchen space, small lounge and the suspended sleeping area provide a great use of the interior space while the structural frame lens outwards in order to maximise the interior volume.
The concept is simple in its layout. There is a basic shower room to the left, open plan kitchen and living space over the remainder of the ground floor with a suspended sleeping space above.
An adequate kitchen with plenty of storage to accommodate a couple and a wardrobe and cupboard space for clothing under the loft style ladder.
Access is via a double door system which has been designed in a way that when the doors are open the 'doorway' effectively becomes a 'glazed connection' to the outdoors and helps to remove the barrier between the two.
An innovative structural frame design has been developed in order to keep in with the maximum space but to provide that little bit more volume on the interior.
The frame leans outwards by 10 degrees which helps to provide more roof space for rain water collection and provides additional space and shelving in the sleeping area which otherwise would have been lost with vertical walls.
The floor has been raised by the kitchen and shower to provide space for rain water harvesting tanks while the double layered roof provides space for the solar energy storage systems.
The rain water will be collected, filtered and stored in the floor structure with an additional overflow tank to the side to be used for general watering of plants etc. while the main filtered tank would provide clean safe water to the Microhome.
Solar panels in the roof will collect and store electricity in the battery bank built into the roof structure to provide a 24/7 supply of electricity to the Microhome.
A small grey water tank is also built into the floor to provide water for watering plants in the event of a dry summer before.
