Office Shed in Miniature
In preparation for our upcoming outdoor issue, we've been examining all manners of outbuildings: prefab sheds, tree houses, architectural follies, even chicken coops. The recently introduced Tetra-Shed is a pugnacious contender—it's cute meets cutting edge, with petite proportions and a geometric volume.
The modular units, available in the UK as of this month and in the US sometime in the spring, can be customized with two interior linings (birch-faced plywood or plasterboard) and six types of exterior cladding: RAL paint, copper, zinc, Cor-Ten steel, or marine plywood.
Individually, the units look stoically futuristic; imagine a stalwart backyard office or a less serious playhouse interpretation. Combined into larger tessellations, the modules can be used as, say, exhibition or retail space. Word to the wise: generator or very long extension cord sold separately.
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With recent zoning changes in Seattle (and elsewhere) we are working on designing and building backyard cottages out of shipping containers for studios, home offices and mother-in-law (& teenager) suites. With the site prepared we can set up one of these in a day or two. We have 4 new designs which we will be releasing for the Seattle Home Show.
Make them completely out of recycled HDPE with PVs on the outside, a low base could hold batts in a slide out drawer, wire the whole thing with LED lighting and ac/dc outlets, plus dual embedded piping that can be used to circulate solar-heated water or provide cold-water via external hookup.
Can they be stacked? They could be close-packed by flipping the even layers upside-down.. Not sure what that would do for the useability of the interior spaces, though.
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