Prefab luxury - it is no longer an oxymoron

At first glance, the concept of a luxury home, prefabricated houses are like an oxymoron seem to be. How in the world, we can associate with prefabricated luxury of processes that have an economic value and simplicity seems built its originality?

But let's take a closer look. Finally, it is not a luxury, if we finished luxury homes or a woman classic white shirt, equivalent to a language of elegance that is often less to do with the cost of the base are basedMaterials, components or groups that in general the impact of design? This does not mean that the basic material is irrelevant, only that creativity, regardless of where that work with it, the impact of use of materials has reached high-end rivals.

Here's an example. We've all seen that shiny travel guide in Asia, with beautiful villas in Bali or Phuket or other exotic locations in the southeast. Very often used in the design of these housesso-called open floor plan, which means fewer walls, high ceilings supported by columns or minimal design. The end result is a wonderful airy, these homes, feel where the boundary between inside and outside is a bit 'blurry, and you can feel close to the equator, the lush vegetation is an important part of life in these latitudes. Can you imagine walking through immaculate marble floor as the rain falls soft feet away from you, over coffee in the morning.

Think about howLook at this lush scene, the marble floor of the villa in Bali is very likely that the sources City from a quarry on a nearby island 1 / 20 the cost it would pay for the same stone in New York? Or that the conical thatched roof of a local specialist for a price that makes you blush has been done?

Villas like this one may or may not use techniques of prefabricated, but it might help us rethink what a luxury home, prefabricated houses or not. The point is that inThis elegance has been achieved not simply by material cost, but it was a simplicity, which measures the landscape. It is also easy to homes, the use of prefabricated construction techniques that leave us as impressed by the effects of the overall design, such as structures, materials and techniques using only want to introduce more expensive to make. Of course, mobile homes or modular homes are not as hopelessly low-end, as they are used, it is now very easy to find the owners of luxuryPrefabricated houses that deserved the term.

I would say that such people are often the means are very environmentally friendly, you can expect prefabricated building techniques that use less in the nature, extent of raw materials and energy, is more desirable over time. Architects should relish the opportunity, much more with less, or at least make less waste, in particular the extension of prefabricated houses to luxury.