One of the things that continues to amaze me is how tightly knit the design (and architecture) community is. Our friends Michael and Iris called a few weeks back and told me they were going to be in town and were visiting a pre-fab home by Connect Homes in my neck of the woods... they had met and become friends with the owners of Connect Homes and are contemplating it as a vacation home option. They connected Michael to their clients at the Orinda site.
We arrived met the new owner of the home, Ben, at the site who was gracious enough to give three strangers a tour... It turns out Ben's wife not only works with one of Michael's friends (and fellow Eichler owner) at a design studio in SF, but with one of my former students... and Ben and his wife are working with Ken Fox who has become a fast friend here in Rancho Del Diablo. Okay, maybe this is only interesting to me, so let's get on to the photos of the Connect Home under construction.
One of the most interesting things is how the units come together... All of the bits were pre-fab — even the cabinet and tile installation — and all arrived intact with just a few cracks in the drywall.
Ben also sent a link to a video of the assembly... check it out.
Ben surveying the scene...
This is a very nice (and deep) tub and I might have to use it in my next bathroom remodel...
The electrical needs for the home seem minimal (I'm assuming this is the only service panel)...
A view inside the guest-house and studio in the rear of the property. The main house is 8 containers (4 on 4) and the studio is 2 units side by side. Each unity is 8X40feet — the size of a standard shipping container, if I'm not mistaken (or close). In the case of this build, getting all of the units to the hilly site was a challenge, but they were obviously successful...
Michael and Iris pictured here in a rare internet appearance... well, except for the time they were featured on Humans of New York...
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