The Naked House
Designed to be adaptable and ultimately built-out by its inhabitants, the Naked House is another concept in a long line of housing proposals that apply the ideas of adaptability and flexibility in attempt to make the housing more affordable. With a goal of reducing initial upfront costs, each unit is delivered in its naked state, beginning with a bare 50 square meters that houses a wet core of bathroom and kitchen, but no additional walls, floors or finishes. After that, the inhabitants can expand and adapt the space into an 87 square meter, three bedroom home: "Clever design moves include a double-height space with a mezzanine and built-in ledge around the perimeter at first floor height, making it easy to add joists and create an extra floor, while a sturdy garden wall with a party wall agreement already in place makes building a rear extension a question of simply adding a roof. Services will sim- ply be housed in a sunken perimeter channel cast into the floor slabs a...