Architects Perrine and Maynard Tell it Like it Is - Respond with Cool Prefab Solutions

Over the past couple of days my Google Reader has been buzzing with good posts on cool modern prefabs. Here's a couple that I really liked:

The Perrinepod,via Equity Green. This statement from the Perrinepod site nails it:

"My design is about appreciating the beauty of simple, uncluttered space." The perrinepod is very functional, very sexy, very simple, with the form of the spaces inside following the function, there's no pretense, just simple, beautiful designs. It's a really cool thing to have no falseness - for example, the bathrooms are simply designed as a place to wash, backed up by quality materials.

Living spaces have become as transient and irrelevant as clothes. It's no longer a look for a generation, the look of 'now' only lasts for a three to four year period.

That approach is not sustainable and people are putting themselves under a lot of unnecessary pressure trying to keep up. The Perrine Pod is the antithesis of all of that - simple design, beautiful materials that will remain classic. It's not a 'look at me' statement, but a home that is comfortable, stylish and above all, functional." - Jean-mic Perrine

And, the Quon Modular, via Materialicio.us and via your abode .... environmentality. The Quon is the work of Australia's Andrew Mayndard. This guy's stuff just blows my mind. Every time I look at his site I get a boost. He has some of the funkiest designs. Maynard's firm is hot as the sun right now.

The Quon's manifesto, described in this quote from Maynard's site:

"We believe that the housing industry is in the dark ages, and as such are offering Quon as a premium modular housing product rather than a traditional hand built house. Delivery within 10 weeks of order, infinite arrangements based on our modular system and a procurement process more like purchasing a car than a home. It is our belief that more and more people are interested in fast, efficient and affordable living, and we intend on becoming the industry leader in Housing. Let the revolution begin."

Give me the party flag and tell me where the front lines are - I'm in, Comrade Maynard. Several are being built now - from off the grid in the boonies, to a rooftop of a seven story building in a densely populated urban jungle.





Perrine and Maynard are telling it like it is, and they're responding with some slick solutions.

The future of housing really is NOW.

Image credits - Perrinepod and Quon sites