In the searching process for ideas for a self-sufficient house it was studied a lot of materials, projects on this topic. Most of them boils down to, to accommodate entirely new functions in the existing architectural forms (pitched roof, etc.). The cottages has an old form, but some new materials and devices are mounted on it that operate house autonomously, and it is combined with the shape of traditional houses. This is like a reminiscent of the eclectic style of 19th century, when there are new technologies, materials and functions, but the facades of the buildings were historical until the early Russian avant-garde of 1920th, when there was a qualitative leap in shaping of buildings.
We tried to invent a new form of a cottage that is relevant to the new features and new technologies, ensuring the self-sufficiency of cottage. In addition, this new cottage is easily transformed, so that it could use modern elements and technologies that has not yet been invented
Some principles:

Economic effectiveness: the rods are purchased gradually as needed. Obsolete and broken rods can be replaced with more modern and effective. It is possible to exchange and rent the rods.
Visual component: this cottage looks like landscape element, which arises and mutates from season to season - hi-tech thicket or grove. This image creating a visual dialogue with the natural environment and becomes a part of it.
Plug and play: the rods of the autonomy has an universal connectors, and ready to work immediately after connecting. And those rods that will be released much later, than the house is constructed, and based on not yet existing innovative technologies is simply connecting to the cottage too.
Modular system: this cottage is constructing from the docking elements that have dimensions that allowing to deliver them to the place of construction and installation with the conventional transport .
Safety: The entrance to the cottage is a door on the front facade. In the absence of owners it locked with metal shutters. The rods are firmly attached to the roof. If the owners do not live in the house for a long time, the rods can be removed to the storage under the cottage.

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Simon Rastorguev

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