The trapezoid houses were the second phase of a treehouse resort in the Finger Lakes. The brief: a structure that complements the A-frames but is more efficient than anything delivered before, to meet the project’s budget.
The design started from logistics. Five complete building kits fit in one 40-foot container from Europe. The critical parts were prefabricated (the main frame, the window box-outs, the partition walls) and a few parts were left prepared for cutting on site. The result is a tiny house with a distinctive section and a very efficient package.
Design stretched the dollars. That is the version of value engineering we believe in. Go smaller still and mass timber stops being massive at all.
Adapted with permission from a note by our colleagues at Red Falls Timber Co.
