- Neil Denari 
useful + agreeable offers the opportunity
to purchase a pre-designed house by world-renowned architect, neil m.
denari.
the u+a house is a flexible, universal product, designed for a variety
of contexts and climates, including: small-lot or
cluster housing, remote vacation property and rooftop penthouses among
other possibilities.
"the u+a pre-designed mini hi-rise is not only a tightly designed
house that uses every square inch of space wisely, it also attempts to
express this economy in its smooth exterior surface shape, a form of
industrial design at an architectural scale." - neil denari
nmda's body of work represents an aesthetic and approach which is
similar to u+a's, balancing options and oppositions such as: past and
future, global and local, eco and techno, proximity and privacy, and
other seemingly disparate and conflicting objectives and perspectives.
the u+a house options range from the "mini hi-rise" to "low-rise", or "high and wide" options extending up
to 1800 square feet (167 m2). innovations include lightweight
aerospace grade aluminum panels, solar power, rooftop patio, rain
collection, flexible floorplans, plus some built-in furniture designed
by nmda.
the u+a house is not strictly pre-fab. rather, it is
pre-designed, and in a sense, downloadable anywhere in the world.
"far different from most pre-fab designs, the u+a pre-designed house
submerges the 'off-the-shelf' appearance in favor of an aesthetic that
is closer to product design of a smaller scale." - neil denari
11 Comments
Love it...
Sci Fi?
if you're treating it like product design, you have so many opportunities open to you. why would you have such small glass areas? is this thing doubling as a pressurized space capsule?
now that glass technology has become so advanced (the i-phone is amazingly hard to scratch, even!) the proportion of glass to shell is increasing on all of our various hot consumer objects. this sucker should have big glass areas!
while turning the standard sized volume for manufactured housing (driven by transportation requirements) up on end instead of laying it horizontal is not new, this project handles it really nicely.
i'd like to see this project pushed even further.
@ Steven...
Your absolutley correct. There isn't much glass=light.
It would be much nicer if there was.
steven...i agree with you; i see a lot of product design into this; and i can't see it any other way - unfortunately - than a clean designed trailer up on end;
also, imho, useful+agreeable should always be, as a thought at least, useful+beautiful...
Horrible generic spaces. I would hate to live in it. What distinguishes architecture from industrial design are the qualities of light, space, and moving through it. Denari's right, all this is "is industrial design at an architectural scale".
What a depressing view of the future - everyone living in appliances.
"What a depressing view of the future - everyone living in appliances."
Stroke...just so you know, i might quote you in the future...
the images are too similar in appearance to an ipod wall jack. I think this is deliberate. I speculate perhaps the point of the images is not to propose an actual "house" as much as to illustrate a point to a dwell-consuming public that they should reconsider their "house" as a customizable, off-the-shelf product like an ipod, rather than as a, well, house.
so yeah, "What a depressing view of the future - everyone living in appliances."
here's the duplex model:
i think the cut through section is a misleading drawing for the real atmosphere. the drawing does not address the comfort component to the end users' conviction. they should eventually use it for installation instructions.
the footprint and above are not as claustrophobic as the drawing suggests.
if you are @ 1800 sq, ft., you know that is plenty space. even @ ~300-400 sqft per level would make it a very nicely livable unit with views.
i also like it with existing openings. i think they are plenty big and two of them per floor would make it beautiful and provide nice ventilation.
i would like my unit painted, if it is not too much extra. by the way, i am planning to add a vine and tomato garden for the approx. 2000-4000 sq.ft of open space i will have left outside.
tata in india, who built 2,500 dollar car should build this one too.
i am at thumbs up, as before...
The most interesting feature of this project to me is the apparent influence of aerospace design. The structure in the envelope is reminiscent of an airframe, which suits the aluminum panels as well. I hope an opportunity wasn't missed in integrating systems into the wall
ND showed me the project here.
http://archinect.com/features/article/64628/neil-denari-work
It's hard to imagine a house more alienated from nature and its surroundings. Looks like a NASA prototype for Mars. I just don't get architecture like this.
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