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The pilot home on Whidbey Island demonstrates the system’s potential: a 600-square-foot interior paired with nearly equal covered outdoor space, set lightly on a pin foundation that protects tree roots and cuts carbon by 77 percent. "Puzzle Prefab can be modified according to each site,

The detached screened porch sits out in the landscape, not unlike a Japanese teahouse.

The prefab design utilizes a pin foundation system that reduces the project’s carbon footprint by 77 percent, says Wittman.

GO Logic specializes in combining traditional craft with specialized sustainability techniques for building the modern home.

Primary bedroom and art studio/ dojo building

The north side of the home opens up to a covered wraparound deck and views of the Karangahake Gorge.

Beside a simple but spacious kitchen, the living area is meant to be warm and casual.

Floor Plan of Apfel House by Hebra Arquitectos

After the home was assembled, a local contractor built the outdoor concrete patio and barbecue on site.

A diagram of Spacecube's Adaptable Living series, which breaks down into a series of small 20-square-meter boxes that can be collated and expanded in myriad configurations.

A platform bed keeps things simple in the master bedroom. “We said that everything that could be made of wood should be—including the shower stall,” says Tomas.

In the kitchen, Superfront and IKEA cabinets are combined with a concrete counter.

The built-in plywood bunks in the children’s room were designed by STEG.

A generously proportioned wraparound porch extends the living/dining area, which is sheathed on the inside in marine-grade plywood. Clerestory windows tucked beneath the shed roof bring in even more light. A Molded Plywood coffee table by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller joins a Hans Wegner Getama 290 sofa.

The Skelder globe light is by Lars Englund for Källemo; the Fox chair by Viggo Boesen and the Monet chair are from Sika Design.