Who’s Next Entry – Video Tour
Here’s a closer look at my Who’s Next design competition entry. It’s an 8-minute video that explains how the four separate living spaces of the Tiny House Cluster work together and how they could work individually as independent tiny houses. If this design wins the competition FreeGreen.com will turn this concept into a set of plans.
Cast you vote for the Tiny House Cluster.
If you like playing around with Google SketchUp on your computer feel free to experiment with this design concept. You’ll need to download the Google SketchUp software to view this file.
Download the Tiny House Cluster SketchUp File.
Vote Now! – Free Green Who’s Next Competition
The public voting has begun. Take look at the 400+ submissions and vote for the house designs you like best. No house in the competition is larger than 1,800 square feet (not tiny) but I didn’t see any other entries that include the designs for 4 individual tiny houses.
Cast you vote for the Tiny House Cluster here.
4 Tiny Houses in 1 Set of Plans – My submission is essentially 4 tiny houses arranged around a central courtyard. If my plan wins the competition FreeGreen.com will develop the design into a complete set of plans. The public voting is just the first step but it will get us closer to having FreeGreen.com help develop this concept. Thanks for voting!
Who’s Next Entry – Version 3 (Final)
Below is my final design for Who’s Next Competition. I really want to thank everyone who made suggestions and provided feedback. I think that this final design achieves the best balance while maintaining the tiny house cluster concept.
The public voting begins tomorrow and you’ll have a chance to review all the submissions. Entries are still being added to Free Green’s system but I took a quick look and there are some very clever designs but many pro architects… so the competition is definitely steep.
Tomorrow I’ll post a link and instructions for voting and I hope after looking through the other entries you’ll still vote for mine 
. Just kidding vote for the best design. In the mean time here is what I submitted. I’ll write more about my final design decisions tonight.
Who’s Next Entry – Version 2
Below is the updated design for my Who’s Next Competition entry. At first you’ll probably think it’s an entirely different house but when you compare the floor plan to the first version you’ll quickly realize they are pretty much the same… just in a slightly different arrangement.
All the changes were made as a result of reader feedback in comments and directly though email. The main themes I heard were:
- Improve accessibility.
- Add an optional method to move from space to space in winter.
- Add an optional garage.
- Reduce the total square footage.
- The modular approach is not as efficient as a simple house of the same square footage.
- Open up the covered patio.
For the next round I’m going to refocus my attention on specific features, make them the priority, and bring more cohesiveness to this tiny house cluster. But I do like what’s happening with the courtyard and can see making that the focal point and possibly adding a covered walkway all the way around.
So take a look at this awkard phase 2 and let me know what you think. Thanks Again!
Who’s Next Entry – Version 1
I’m not sure how your 2010 is going but mine feels like it’s flying by a little too fast. I looked up from my work for a moment and noticed that the deadline for the Who’s Next Competition is almost here. I’ve been working on some ideas and finally cleaned them up enough to share with you. Over the next few days I’ll post iterations to the design based on reader feedback. My hope is that by Monday I’ll have a design that’s a strong contender.
The competition is steep, 400 other designers have entered and I’m certain many of them are professional architects. I’m also trying to compete against people who are designing big houses (competition limit is 1800 square feet). I imagine that the general public may have a little difficulty accepting my proposal but I wanted to stay true to tiny house design.
What you’re looking at is a cluster of 4 tiny buildings that I think would not only meet the competition design requirements but provide Free Green an extremely popular set of plans.
