URBAN TREE HOUSE

Program: Bed & Breakfast
Location: Toronto, Canada
Size: 640sf
Client: BrightLane
Year: 2014
Status: Competition Entry

The combination of prefabricated 8 feet cubes and half-arches structure creates an automated check in-out AIR B&B home which includes guest rooms, reception, library, bathrooms, and indoor-outdoor dining space. It is systematic aggregation of independent units with full size window and terrace, connected by prefabricated stairs. Units are furnished with single size sofa-bed for short-term stay travelers, students, or young residents. Bathrooms and library are shared space which located inter-section of each unit for community.

The proposed site is an abandoned urban site which is 12 feet width and 150 feet long, located in-between two existing buildings. The stacking of systemized prefabricated module is flexible in order to adopt to different places either urban or suburban in terms of its size, height, material, and variety of program needs.