BOX Adaptation
Client: Cool Haven, SA Site: Coimbra Iparque, Portugal Adaptation of the Box housing model Original Architecture: Cool Haven, SA Design Adaptation: Guilherme Murta Destination: Global market Year: 2013-2015 |
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The Box Haven represents a soft twist on the Modular Home Industry Best seller, the typical 120sqm, 3 room house with an open social space and a garage.
It was the most required model in different markets, such as the portuguese or french. Because of the demand, this was the first model to suffer a deep study of adaptation and standardization, in order to optimize its structure and finishments, adapt its spatial organization to abide the laws and abits of different countries and also design a strategy for the technical facilities, in order to concentrate them in the plan and facilitate the assembly process, decreasing the time of construction.
This first approach still stands as a case-study in the company, and led to several principles that are now followed in the design process of the Architecture phase.
It was the most required model in different markets, such as the portuguese or french. Because of the demand, this was the first model to suffer a deep study of adaptation and standardization, in order to optimize its structure and finishments, adapt its spatial organization to abide the laws and abits of different countries and also design a strategy for the technical facilities, in order to concentrate them in the plan and facilitate the assembly process, decreasing the time of construction.
This first approach still stands as a case-study in the company, and led to several principles that are now followed in the design process of the Architecture phase.