The micro compact home is a lightweight compact dwelling for one or two people.
Its compact dimensions of 2.6m cube adapt it to a variety of sites and circumstances, and its functioning spaces of sleeping, working / dining, cooking and hygiene make it suitable for everyday use.
Informed by aviation and automotive design and manufactured at the micro compact home production centre in Austria, the m-ch can be delivered throughout Europe with project individual graphics and interior finishes.
The micro-compact home (m-ch) is a 2.65m aluminium cubic pod, which integrates communication and energy systems and requires no furniture.
The layout is influenced by traditional Japanese tea-house architecture with space divided into distinct zonal layers.
Features include a plasma screen, built in hi-fi and fully fitted kitchen.
Several units can be mounted on a separate external aluminium frame system in a vertical formation around a central lift and stair core to form a “village“.
The 02 Village illustrates an alternative horizontal assembly of units accessed from a 1m
raised pathway containing services supplies.
The product was first launched in Munich in November 2005 with the development of a case study village sponsored by O2 Germany, which is currently occupied by students of TU Munich.
The m-ch will make its UK debut at the Grand Designs Live 2006 exhibition, London Docklands, in June 2006.
The micro compact home is available now complete with interior equipment for 37,000 euro plus delivery, installation and connection to services plus architectural and consultants fees and taxes.
We advise 50,000 euro for an average installation and eight to ten weeks
delivery from order from our production centre in Austria.
Dimensions
Exterior dimensions : 266cm x 266cm x 266cm
Bed : 198cm x 107cm
Table : 105cm x 65cm
Shower and toilet cubicle : 106cm x 60cm
Kitchen work surfaces : 165cm x 65cm
Ceiling height : 198cm
Door width : 60cm
Construction
Structure : timber frame
Wall, roof and floor insulation : polyurethane
Window frames : aluminium
Double glazing : u value, 0,9 w/m2k
Interior
Interior finishes : to specification
Table: aluminium
Bed frame : aluminium
Lighting : fluorescent
Task lighting : led low energy
Heating : gas
Water heating : electric
Kitchen
Double hob
Sink and extending tap
Microwave
Fridge-freezer unit
Three compartment waste unit
Storage shelves and double level work surfaces
micro compact home ltd., tel 00 44 207 495 4119
Architects: Horden Cherry Lee London
Haack+Höpfner Munich, tel 00 49 89 1239 1731
Production : m-ch micro compact home production gmbh, Uttendorf, tel 00 43 7724 619720
Piting !
J’en achète une et je m’installe en bord d’un joli coin dans le sud, avec une Smart (j’en ai déjà une)…
Je sais même la transporter moi-même puisque j’ai une Jeep Grand Cherokee et une grande remorque…
Plus de frais, pas d’obligation d’un permis de batir, donc pas de taxes, un minimum de cubage à chauffer, pas besoin de meubles, presque pas besoin d’assiettes et couverts…, l’énergie individuelle avec des panneaux solaires… et la possibilité d’aller ailleurs lorsque l’endroit ne plait plus…
Comme frais…, quoi ?
37.000 euros, plus les frais divers, soit 50.000 euros et c’est tout…
Comme il n’y a pas besoin d’un permis de batir, pas besoin d’un terrain à lotir, donc coût moindre… et niveau entretien, rien à prévoir, pas de tuiles à remplacer, pas de chassis à remplacer… sans compter l’excuse de ne plus devoir supporter de pique-assiettes le week-end…
Une vraie bulle d’amour !
Voici une autre habitation d’avant-garde, plus grande que la Micro-Compact-Home et évidemment plus chère.
Construite en quelques jours et totalement démontable, elle est autonome car pourvue d’importants panneaux solaires qui, de plus, contribuent à son aspect hors-normes…
