Pocket House Primary Function: Mamanu o Totonu o le Fale Nofoia by Cristina Menezes

Pocket House Primary Function: Mamanu o Totonu o le Fale Nofoia by Cristina Menezes is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 A' Design Award Auro in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.

AuroTotonu· 2016

Pocket House Primary Function: Mamanu o Totonu o le Fale Nofoia

by Cristina Menezes

Client: Cristina Menezes Arquitetura e Decoração Ltda

A' Design Award Auro Winner in Totonu Category

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The Design

About Pocket House Primary Function: Mamanu o Totonu o le Fale Nofoia

Pocket House o se fale feavea'i na fausia i totonu o se pusa uta masani e 40-futu le umi. O le pusa toe fa'aaogaina o lo'o fa'ata'oto i luga o se fa'avae lagolago faigofie, ma o le fausiaina matutu na fa'auma na'o le fa'apipi'iina i totonu o aso e sefulu, ma e itiiti lava mea otaota. O vaega o puipui u'amea i autafa na aveesea ma suia i faitoto'a tioata, lea e fa'aleleia ai le savili ma le malamalama o le ao ma tatala ai le totonu i le togalaau. O laupapa o lo'o fa'aaogaina e fai ma pa'u fa'atosina e tasi mo totonu mo le fola, puipui ma le fa'apaologa. O le fuafuaga fa'apipi'i o lo'o iai se potumoe, se potu ta'ele, se vaega mo nofoaga ma taumafataga ma se umukuka.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Auro

O le A' Design Award Auro na manumalo ai Pocket House Primary Function: Mamanu o Totonu o le Fale Nofoia, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu o le tulaga muamua, matagofie ma maoaʻe. O ē manumalo i le Auro o galuega fou tele, matuā vaai i le lumanaʻi ma susulu e faaalia ai le atamai, le poto ma le tomai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Pocket House Primary Function: Mamanu o Totonu o le Fale Nofoia e avea ma mea fou e matuā vivii, e faatulaga ai uiga fou ma tetele, e tuuina mai ai se tau e leʻi iai muamua. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Auro o se galuega ofoofogia, ua faaaloalogia, e aogā tele ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Pocket House Primary Function: Mamanu o Totonu o le Fale Nofoia e fatuina ai lagona malosi o le manaʻo, faaosofia le tuinanau, faalauiloa le fatufatuaʻi ma faamalosia i tatou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: It is a house within a standard 40-foot container . It is a sustainable architecture with mobility. Construction was only installation, without waste and faster. For the feeling of confinement , due to the small width , the side walls of the steel container were removed to insert the glass doors . This helped the ventilation and lighting , gave a beautiful view of the garden and brought nature indoors. To lose the reference floor , wall and ceiling , only a coating was used: Wood.
Dimensions & Packaging: For this project was used a shipping container of 40 feet which measures is 12,20 m per 2,44 , externally. But, the total area of the construction was 46,80 square meters with the deck outside the container. Internally, after the coating, the final measures were equal to 11,80 m per 2,34 m .
Tags: Architecture , Interior Design, Mobility, Living Small, Pocket House, Houses in a Container, Sustainability, Wood in Architecture.
Production Technology: The owner asked to do the interior design with materials which will remit him to the nature and of course all of them with the precepts of sustainability. The existing civil work was only the support base of the container. This kind of construction, dry construction, just with installation, it is very quickly and it is the best way for future transportations. All construction took ten days to be ready. It is an eco construction with mobility.
Design Challenge: The challenge of this project was the relationship with a small space. The domain of spatial proportions was crucial; knowledge of the principles of sustainability and its costs to meet the expectations of the completion of the project, following the client program: a room; a bathroom; living; dining room and a kitchen. All the furniture was carefully studied and designed to meet this concept. The correct choice of finishes and furnishings were important with a limited budget: 55.000 Dollars.
Research: The most important point to be observed when you are using a container for the construction of a house is the right choice of coatings to ensure mobility without damage. You should use a coating that can withstand the efforts with the movements of transport. Also, you should use the acoustic and thermal treatment for the comfort to live.
Inspiration: It is a innovative way to live. Living small with sustainability and mobility. The eco principles were the great inspiration for this design.
Project Duration: The project started on May 2013 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and the construction began on August 15th, 2013 and ended in August 25th, 2013.
Operation Flow: This solution for a house it is very important because it is reusing an old shipping container that , probably, it was a waste. It is a solution to recycle an old shipping container. And, it is a positive way for living small where you do not have much area.
Team Members: Architect: Cristina Menezes
Collaborator Architect: Laís Laine
Collaborator Architect: Roberta Antunes
Collaborator Architect: Rani Melo
Secretary: Jackie Kelly
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Jomar Bragança
Image #2: Photographer Jomar Bragança
Image #3: Photographer Jomar Bragança
Image #4: Photographer Jomar Bragança
Image #5: Photographer Jomar Bragança