![]() ![]() Situated in Woodland, Utah next to the Provo River, this home is quite a bit larger than the tiny Silo House. Monte Silo, designed by Gigaplex Architects, takes the silo home concept to a new level. Kaiser and his studio are now working on a Silo House kit so that everyone can take advantage of the affordability, practicality and comfort of a silo home. ![]() An outdoor shower allows you to bathe in nature.įor energy efficiency, Kaiser outfitted the house with a 10” layer of spray foam insulation between the corrugated steel walls and the home’s interior walls. The home has a sliding door that stretches nine feet wide, which opens up to a cozy backyard. The bedroom can be transformed into a home theater, complete with a digital projector. A motorized skylight fills the home with natural light, and the wooden walls feature concealed cabinetry that offer additional storage space. Kaiser designed the home to maximize usable space and construction efficiency while creating the illusion of interior volume. The warm hues of the walnut contrast the black steel elements. The flooring is constructed out of scrap walnut plank flooring. The kitchen, living and dining areas are on the first floor, while the bedroom is on the second. The home features an open, two-story floor plan. The silo has an 18-foot diameter and offers 340 square feet of living space. That’s right – he drove his future home back to Arizona. ![]() True to the tiny house concept, Kaiser was able to fit his new silo home in the back of his pickup truck. The 1955 silo was purchased from a farmer in Kansas. Kaiserworks Silo House in Phoenix, AZĪ chic tiny home sitting in the Garfield Historic District of Phoenix, Kaiserworks’ Silo House is where rural meets urban.Īrchitect Christoph Kaiser designed the home, which is now where Kaiser and his wife reside. Offering all of the modern luxurious you expect in a home, a silo house is just as comfortable and cozy as a conventional home. If the idea of living in a corrugated metal silo sounds ludicrous to you, wait until you see real-life examples of these homes. Real-world examples of silo homes prove that living in a tower beats living in a box. Architects, inspired by the durability, affordability and character of these structures, began creating silo home concepts. Often, these structures are left abandoned and have been retaken by nature. You’ve probably driven by dozens, maybe some right in your hometown. The very idea of inhabiting the site seems to us an exercise in creating a ‘house’ that is as little house-like as possible, to live in tune with the splendour of the natural environment, without constraints or boundaries between the ‘house’ and the surrounding nature.Now, we’re seeing another new alternative home concept take flight: grain silos. "The chosen context was ideal for this endeavour, as it is extraordinary and imposing. "In Solo OFFICE our aim was to see how far you can diverge from the preconceived idea of a ‘house’ and still create a comfortable place to live in to produce a house that virtually disappears into its environment," as the Belgian architects of KGDVS explains. Solo OFFICE, by Office Kersten Geers David van Severen, will open its doors to visitors this week, October 9 through 11, as it nears fruition. Just two years after the completion of Solo Pezo, by Chilean architect Pezo von Ellrichshausen, the second of twelve houses is now emerging for tours and site visits. What happens when eight world-renowned architects are given carte blanche to design holiday homes on a dream site in Spain? This is precisely what French developer Christian Bourdais set out to discover with the launch of the Solo House project in 2010, and now, you can find out for yourself. ![]()
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