There are two things that one would remark when looking at the way of building in the British Columbian landscape. The first thing is the prevailing use of wood in timber frame constructions. Secondly one would reaffirm that the traditional native indian communal longhouses stand strong in their style and appearance still today.
Inspired by that, and given the longitudinal proportion of the fictive building site came the idea of a modern longhouse.
Designed as an all-timber frame structure it is based upon a 100 inches modular grid system and is dimensioned so that four people alone can build it. A new 100 mile house typology would require a freely additive system and a "thumbrule" unit - 100 inches - to easily create a strong spatial frame, a home.
Thought within a timespan, it is an additive construction logic, where the first element is a temporary camp fire around which the 100'' grid is laid out for the future house. As long as it will be possible the fireplace will remain an open fireplace - as traditional longhouses - to eventually become a permanent and live heating source. Water from the large roof is harvested in a water harvesting tank that provides for bathroom and kitchen use.
The fire and water elements are emphasized and can be seen as a wish to create a living space with ecological awareness. Elevated on a pole foundation it secures minimal ground impact and suggests a way of touching the earth lightly for the future.
The extensible timber frame structure is the core of this house. As a modern building as well it suggests flexibility as for the cladding, making it possible to apply about any local, current cladding materials and create unique variations in form and appearance.
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