FLaTPak House
FLaTPak House by Charlie Lazor
This week's CBS Sunday Morning devoted itself to design in its many forms: architecture, industrial design, fashion, jewelry, prosthetics, toilets, even dogs. In one of the segments focusing on architecture, two architects presented their designs for prefabricated single-family homes. Missouri-based Rocio Romero is already well known for her small and affordable LV Series dwellings. Charlie Lazor might not yet be a household name, but his attractive, and slightly pricier prefabs offer a striking alternative to site-built homes.
Lazor's house is called FLaTPak, "a 'system' of pre fabricated components designed to yield unique solutions." The kit of parts is based on an 8' wide, one-story tall exterior wall module. Depending on its location and the owner's desires, each piece can have varying degrees of glazing and operability, as well as different opaque cladding, recalling the composed facade of the famous Eames House. For the optimistically-titled FLaTPak house .001, the architect's own house pictured here, the exterior is Douglas fir, white hardiboard, and two types of glass above an 8' concrete base.
In my mind, a couple aspects that elevate this prefab design above Romero's LV Series are a stronger sense of entry and integrated outdoor space. As can be seen in the image at left, one approaches under a clearly-demarcated, frosted-glass panel into an entry court. From here they can enter the main house at left or a small "area of solitude" at right. We can also see that the outdoor space also happens in this same area, not only creating an efficient plan but also making the sense of entry that much more beautiful, as one is confronted by a framed view of nature each time they return home.
With the simple modular of the FLaTPak House, the interior spaces can achieve a strong openness that is reinforced by a shallow floor plan that allows light, vent, and views on two sides. According to the house's web page, interior lighting and kitchen and bath fixtures are included, increasing the chances of something that's becoming increasingly desirable and available: Modern prefab living.
This week's CBS Sunday Morning devoted itself to design in its many forms: architecture, industrial design, fashion, jewelry, prosthetics, toilets, even dogs. In one of the segments focusing on architecture, two architects presented their designs for prefabricated single-family homes. Missouri-based Rocio Romero is already well known for her small and affordable LV Series dwellings. Charlie Lazor might not yet be a household name, but his attractive, and slightly pricier prefabs offer a striking alternative to site-built homes.
Lazor's house is called FLaTPak, "a 'system' of pre fabricated components designed to yield unique solutions." The kit of parts is based on an 8' wide, one-story tall exterior wall module. Depending on its location and the owner's desires, each piece can have varying degrees of glazing and operability, as well as different opaque cladding, recalling the composed facade of the famous Eames House. For the optimistically-titled FLaTPak house .001, the architect's own house pictured here, the exterior is Douglas fir, white hardiboard, and two types of glass above an 8' concrete base.
In my mind, a couple aspects that elevate this prefab design above Romero's LV Series are a stronger sense of entry and integrated outdoor space. As can be seen in the image at left, one approaches under a clearly-demarcated, frosted-glass panel into an entry court. From here they can enter the main house at left or a small "area of solitude" at right. We can also see that the outdoor space also happens in this same area, not only creating an efficient plan but also making the sense of entry that much more beautiful, as one is confronted by a framed view of nature each time they return home.
With the simple modular of the FLaTPak House, the interior spaces can achieve a strong openness that is reinforced by a shallow floor plan that allows light, vent, and views on two sides. According to the house's web page, interior lighting and kitchen and bath fixtures are included, increasing the chances of something that's becoming increasingly desirable and available: Modern prefab living.
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