Heikkinen & Komonen: prototypical prefabricated house, Finland.Finnish savoir faire in the area of timber prefabrication prefabrication, in architectural construction, a technique whereby large units of a building are produced in factories to be assembled, ready-made, on the building site. The technique permits the speedy erection of very large structures. makes for economical, if slightly functional, solutions to the provision of single family houses. This latest project by Heikkinen & Komonen adds a clear architectural dimension to the off-the-peg house market. In collaboration with manufacturer Kannustalo, it consolidates and develops an earlier design for the same company undertaken some six years ago. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The aim is to create a prefabricated pre·fab·ri·cate tr.v. pre·fab·ri·cat·ed, pre·fab·ri·cat·ing, pre·fab·ri·cates 1. To manufacture (a building or section of a building, for example) in advance, especially in standard sections that can be easily shipped and family house suitable for an urban environment. To meet market demands, this new design is around 200sqm, larger than the original prototype which was only 150sqm. The programme, however, is the same: a modern house capable of being built by averagely skilled labourers in a few weeks. The architectural approach is also similar. A monopitch roof shelters internal and external spaces with glazed glaze n. 1. A thin smooth shiny coating. 2. A thin glassy coating of ice. 3. a. A coating of colored, opaque, or transparent material applied to ceramics before firing. b. areas above generous verandas. The apparently simple exterior conceals surprising internal spatial variety. Rooms are grouped around a tall, open plan living area focused on a kitchen stove stove, device used for heating or for cooking food. The stove was long regarded as a cooking device supplementary to the fireplace, near which it stood; its stovepipe led into the fireplace chimney. It was not until about the middle of the 19th cent. , a modern version of the traditional hearth hearth symbol of home life. [Folklore: Jobes, 738] See : Domesticity . A Japonesque water lily water lily, common name for some members of the Nymphaeaceae, a family of freshwater perennial herbs found in most parts of the world and often characterized by large shield-shaped leaves and showy, fragrant blossoms of various colors. pool frames the entrance and there is a glazed studio at first floor level along with the bedrooms. The prefabricated timber units that comprise the house's kit of parts are manufactured and surface finished at the factory and assembled on site. C. S. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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