ProtoHaus Project

Posted July 2nd, 2009 by Kent Griswold and filed in Stick Built, Tiny House Concept
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Ann Holley and her husband to be (Darren Macca) with her parents (Steve and Miriam Holley) are building a tiny house called the ProtoHaus in Colorado. The tiny house is part of Ann’s graduate work at Alfred University where Ann is earning her Masters in Fine Art. Lots of friends have come to help build the tiny house.

Here is an outline of Ann’s request and an overview of her project, I really like the design with the dormers:
ProtoHaus_Sheething

The ProtoHaus is a timber frame or “stick built” house that will be constructed over the summer of 2009. Emphasis will be placed on sustainability, functionality, and aesthetics. It will be fabricated primarily from recycled and reclaimed materials. The building process will be overseen and assisted by S. C. Holley Construction.

It will be transportable. The house will be built on a trailer bed rated to withstand 14,000 pounds though the final structure should not exceed 9,000 pounds. Separate fresh, grey, and black water systems will be integrated into the design allowing for remote removal and disposal of waste.

A solar and wind system will power the house allowing it to be off grid. There will be a series of collaborative workshops at Alfred University which will include students, faculty and different departments to accompany the project. The house will be open to visitors on particular dates throughout the school year as a mode of sharing the experiment with the Alfred community.

You can view more pictures at Ann’s website. The tiny house has made a few design transitions sense the original floor plans and renderings were drawn up.

ProtoHaus_FramingWalls

ProtoHaus_Siding1

21RoomyInterior!

22 Dreamy Bedroom

Floor Plan

Loft Plan

ProtoHaus_Rendered_4

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6 Responses to “ProtoHaus Project”

  1. Grant Wagner says:

    The double roofline looks really nice, and I wonder what they used to do the 3D rendering at the bottom?

  2. Dan says:

    I like that extra room in the loft. It’s a nice change from a lot of the other tiny houses that are around.

  3. [...] in mind and will be off-the-grid and powered by wind and solar. Read more about it on Tiny House Blog, RowdyKittens, and the ProtoHaus Project [...]

  4. [...] Ann sent this picture to me a couple of weeks ago and will be sending some pictures of the interior as they finish the house. They have moved on to New York from Colorado for an educational stint there. Stay tuned for an update, you can view the previous post here. [...]

  5. [...] Ann sent this picture to me a couple of weeks ago and will be sending some pictures of the interior as they finish the house. They have moved on to New York from Colorado for an educational stint there. Stay tuned for an update, you can view the previous post here. [...]

  6. [...] You can see the previous post on the construction of the ProtoHause here. [...]

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