AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Home
GOALS
Refugees and Migrants
KEYWORDS
city living, housing, architecture
COUNTRY
Netherlands
DESIGNED BY
Heijmans
WEBSITE
http://heijmans.nl/en/heijmans-one/
Heijmans ONE
Movable homes for young people to fill derelict lots in expensive cities
Heijmans ONE intelligently combines two issues: a shortage of good temporary rental houses and the dreary sight of empty areas. Heijmans ONE is a beautiful and complete home that is placed temporarily in empty urban areas. It has all the necessary facilities, such as a kitchen, bathroom, large living room with an open space, a separate bedroom and its own front door with an outside patio. They have a solid wooden skeleton, produce some of their own energy and run entirely on electricity — making them very energy efficient. The homes are pre-fabricated to a simple, spacious design and built in Tilburg in the Netherlands. They can be installed completely in less than a day but their quality rivals much permanent housing in the city centre.