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The home’s charred-cedar rain screen facade blends in with the forested 15-acre site.
The home’s charred-cedar rain screen facade blends in with the forested 15-acre site.
Loon Lake Retreat floor plan
Loon Lake Retreat floor plan
Inside, the flooring is radiant concrete, and the home is further warmed with a clean-burning Flores 8 stove by Buntfires. In fact, the entire house is conditioned without the use of fossil fuels.
Inside, the flooring is radiant concrete, and the home is further warmed with a clean-burning Flores 8 stove by Buntfires. In fact, the entire house is conditioned without the use of fossil fuels.
"We are inherently off-the-grid, reconfigurable, sustainable, and user-generated," says O’Donnell. "With every technological advance—electric autonomous vehicles, distributed renewable power, 5G, et cetera—we can immediately adopt and grow stronger from the combinatorial innovation that is emerging at an accelerating rate."
"We are inherently off-the-grid, reconfigurable, sustainable, and user-generated," says O’Donnell. "With every technological advance—electric autonomous vehicles, distributed renewable power, 5G, et cetera—we can immediately adopt and grow stronger from the combinatorial innovation that is emerging at an accelerating rate."
A rendering of Kibbo’s City of the Future.
A rendering of Kibbo’s City of the Future.
The cabin has basic foundational requirements. To protect the framing elements from ground water, the A-frame should be perched on concrete pavers or deck blocks.
The cabin has basic foundational requirements. To protect the framing elements from ground water, the A-frame should be perched on concrete pavers or deck blocks.
The cabins can house a king, queen, or two twin-sized beds.
The cabins can house a king, queen, or two twin-sized beds.
A yellow frangipani tree surrounded by KLS sandstone pavers is the focal point of the outdoor courtyard.
A yellow frangipani tree surrounded by KLS sandstone pavers is the focal point of the outdoor courtyard.
The prefab chalets are topped with zinc roofs and wrapped in locally sourced larch wood. Like the Pods and the on-site restaurant Les Cerniers, the chalets are energy self-sufficient and draw power from a hydroelectric turbine that also produces enough electricity for over 200 households.
The prefab chalets are topped with zinc roofs and wrapped in locally sourced larch wood. Like the Pods and the on-site restaurant Les Cerniers, the chalets are energy self-sufficient and draw power from a hydroelectric turbine that also produces enough electricity for over 200 households.
Floor plan of Axiom Desert House by Turkel Design
Floor plan of Axiom Desert House by Turkel Design