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pieceHomes is Off the Grid With the 320
pieceHomes is a builder of innovative green, factory-built modular houses designed by Davis Studio Architecture and Design in Los Angeles, California. Davis Studio Architecture and Design was founded by Jonathan Davis and Architect Mary Jo Davis in 2002 and is driven by modern design principles. Much of their work centers around the concept of sustainability. To this end they use many natural and recycled materials in all their concepts. Taking sustainability a step further, they actively encourage their clients to adopt solar energy whenever possible and use materials that are not harmful to people or the environment, such as low VOC paints, recycled glass and recycled steel.
This focus on modern design principles, sustainability and all things green led Davis Studio Architecture and Design to launch pieceHomes. pieceHomes has the goal of creating healthy and affordable homes. Of course, by the word “healthy” founders Jonathan Davis and Mary Jo Davis mean healthy for the people who live in their homes, as well as healthy for the planet . This is where the focus on solar and recycled materials come into play.
pieceHomes has developed a line of homes of various sizes. At the larger end of the spectrum is the mv3, which is 2,100 square feet with up to 4 bedrooms. This home has a green roof and solar panels. Yet the company is also well aware of the tiny house movement and so they have several models that are more in line with what tiny home fans might be looking for. A great example is the 320. The 320 is a 320 square foot home that has one bedroom and one bathroom. One very neat aspect to the 320 design is that the home is literally covered in shutters, and it is possible to lock down all the windows and doors making the home verysecure. Continuing with the theme of being eco-friendly, this home can also be equipped with a composting toilet, a rainwater catchments and, of course, solar panels. All of this adds up to make the 320 a home that can be completely off the grid!
The pieceHomes is a really interest concept from some innovative thinkers. Once you’ve looked through their various designs, you will realize how much they have to offer for those seeking an eco-friendly and tiny home.
pieceHomes is a builder of innovative green, factory-built modular houses designed by Davis Studio Architecture and Design in Los Angeles, California. Davis Studio Architecture and Design was founded by Jonathan Davis and Architect Mary Jo Davis in 2002 and is driven by modern design principles. Much of their work centers around the concept of sustainability. To this end they use many natural and recycled materials in all their concepts. Taking sustainability a step further, they actively encourage their clients to adopt solar energy whenever possible and use materials that are not harmful to people or the environment, such as low VOC paints, recycled glass and recycled steel.
This focus on modern design principles, sustainability and all things green led Davis Studio Architecture and Design to launch pieceHomes. pieceHomes has the goal of creating healthy and affordable homes. Of course, by the word “healthy” founders Jonathan Davis and Mary Jo Davis mean healthy for the people who live in their homes, as well as healthy for the planet . This is where the focus on solar and recycled materials come into play.
pieceHomes has developed a line of homes of various sizes. At the larger end of the spectrum is the mv3, which is 2,100 square feet with up to 4 bedrooms. This home has a green roof and solar panels. Yet the company is also well aware of the tiny house movement and so they have several models that are more in line with what tiny home fans might be looking for. A great example is the 320. The 320 is a 320 square foot home that has one bedroom and one bathroom. One very neat aspect to the 320 design is that the home is literally covered in shutters, and it is possible to lock down all the windows and doors making the home verysecure. Continuing with the theme of being eco-friendly, this home can also be equipped with a composting toilet, a rainwater catchments and, of course, solar panels. All of this adds up to make the 320 a home that can be completely off the grid!
The pieceHomes is a really interest concept from some innovative thinkers. Once you’ve looked through their various designs, you will realize how much they have to offer for those seeking an eco-friendly and tiny home.
“…hello, again, hello.” (random yet necessary nod to the genius that is Neil Diamond.)
FINALLY a house (pieceHomes) that you can batten down the hatches instead of walls of glass or french doors or sliding doors.
Not that I don’t sincerely love those things, but I live on the second floor, access only through one door with no window in it, and still – if I leave the place for a couple hours I have someone trying to break in.
I like security. A lot.
I truly wish I could afford to not live here in the very least, and in the big gauzy dream of life – an area with a modicum of safety & neighbors that watch out for eachother (and not so they can try to burgle ya the sec you leave.)
Plus, I am so in love with being off the grid. Even to have my poo off the grid is sublime. (Composting toilet – no fears.)
Thank you again for another sublime post.
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