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Reclaimed Space is about constructive building. We’re focused on reversing the impact new building is having on our natural environment, resources and society. Achieving this goal starts with providing alternative energy capabilities and fully sustainable living, while building with reclaimed materials. Along with our commitment to forward-thinking and eco-responsibility, Reclaimed Spaces are always visually appealing and affordable.

Harpoon House designer, Matt Kirkpatrick: The average size of a single-family house in the U.S. was 983 square feet in 1950. The average size in 2004 was 2,349 square feet. Harpoon House features 704 square feet of living space and 448 square feet of unconditioned basement.

Harpoon House was designed to encourage a fluid relationship between indoor and outdoor living. Yes, it does rain a lot in Oregon. But for the record, Portland’s average yearly rainfall is less than Seattle, New York or Houston.

No conventional roofs were used in the making of this house. Harpoon House is topped with of 433 square feet of ecoroof. Soil and plants instead of tar paper and asphalt shingles. The verdant rooftop will help the house stay cool in the summer months and absorb run-off in the rainy months. Why aren’t more roofs green?

ONE+ is a modular small house concept from Scandinavia, based on a co-oporation between Denmark and Sweden, choosing high quality materials from both countries. Based on 15 sq meters (161 sq ft) modules, the ONE+ house is designed for those needing extra room on their lot.

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The system can be linked together with other modules in different ways to create a variety of designs and meeting different needs, kind of lego building blocks for adults. The system includes deck and pergola as well as posibilities to connect other outdoor facilities such as outdoor kitchen, all to make the houses feeling bigger and erasing the lines between out- and-indoor. Quiet simply, we call it compact smart living!

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Danish architect, Lars Frank Nielsen: Our goal was to design a simple, almost minimalistic house, a house that can stand alone, but also a house that can be pieced together unit by unit. During the design process, there has been an evolution towards a true “multi-unit-concept”: you can start with a single unit and enlarge it step by step into a genuine holiday home.”

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Even when the miniHome was only 1-day old out of the factory, it didn’t have any of the noxious off-gassing and poor indoor air quality that plagues most vehicles, trailers, houses and manufactured products. That’s because of a very exclusive set of criteria for the manufacturer…

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This ensured both a mountain-fresh indoor air quality, with the pleasant aromas of unfinished cedar and beeswax millwork finishes, and a clear conscience – that produces a building of enduring beauty from materials and methods that have the lightest burden on the ecosystems.

HABODE is built on an eco-friendly concept designed by New Zealander Rod Gibson who recalls the enjoyment of holidays in a secluded spot near clear waters and green grass that epitomizes the development of family values he took for granted as a child in the early 1960′s. With HABODE, Rod seeks to share that enjoyment of life with his family and with you.

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The challenge that HABODE has grasped with passion is to provide high quality, potentially self-sufficient, and affordable accommodation alternatives to a range of market environments in Australasia, North America, Asia, and the Pacific Rim region. This strategy seeks to generate a significant impact on the way we think about a home, especially in the niche area of re-locatable, recreational homes. This concept also provides for quality accommodation for industry, urban accommodation for the service sectors and rural accommodation, and many other applications for an economical and timely package both permanent and temporary housing.

Glencomeragh House Retreat Center is located in a valley between the Comeragh Mountains and Slievenamon. The campus is bounded by a river to the south, and mature woodland to the west. The Poustinia are located on the Northern incline of the campus and are positioned close to existing plantings of mature broad-leaf trees, which form their entrance and terrace spaces. Each Poustinia is orientated to capture different views over the surrounding countryside and to give a variance in sun light as the day progresses. They are set into and over the hillside, which has been planted as a wild flower meadow with a variety in the mix that will create seasonal blooming. A circular path connects the Poustinia to the Main House and a network of paths and ponds that also lead to riverside and woodland walks.

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The building’s form creates its own trapped space of the site’s limestone. With the window shutters closed an inner space is created to encourage contemplation and meditation. A day bed opposite the window overlooking the wider landscape, allows rest to be enhanced by the enjoyment of the view. The locally sourced timber cladding in alternating strips of smooth sawn larch and rough sawn douglas fir contrasts with the minimalist interior with its bespoke furniture and suggests the conjunction of the temporal and the transcendent to which the retreat tradition is devoted.

The small building is in essence a timber clad raft, constructed on piles leaving it hovering just above the grass. The raft folds up and above the internal space, forming the back and ceiling ending in a large cantilevered canopy. It creates a simple and clear frame around the internal space and the terrace which works as one space with sliding doors connecting the inside with the outside. Architect: Michael Christensen.