Container Tiny House

Location: Austin, Texas
Area: 800 sq. ft.
Scope of the Project:

Generic Interior
Building Permits
Full Construction Documents

Status: Constucted.

Tight Deadline

It was 2 weeks to 2023 New Year. So this family wanted to do a present and a building permit. An exciting challenge!

Affortable

It's a young family so they needed an affordable house. So we used efficeint solutions with good quality.

Wooden Interior

They love cozy atmosphere of wooden interiors. But need to work accuracy to not to do the space crampy.

Tiny Space

It's only one container so the space is very limited. We used efficient planning as well as advanced design to make it visually wider.

About Location

The lot is located in the Montopolis neighbourhood in the city of Austin, Texas. Is close to highway and is a corner lot.

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Design Process

Following the right process was the key to creating the exact space
Client where wanted to live and Optimizing Construction Costs.

1. Concept Design

Checking different planning options allowed the client to get better solutions for the tight space.

2. Wooden Interior

Applying different textures of wood and checking its layout options helped to make it look wider.

3. Building Permit

The building permit was obtained with the 1st submission before the New Year!

[1.0]

Concept Design

This stage includes Custom Planning and Options for House sitting on the lot.

The results were:

different planning options to select the best solutions
interior 3d walkthough

[2.0]

INTERIOR

We intended to make the space visually wider, and to implement wood with mid century style feature according to the client's request. We made mood boards to achieve the desired results.

[3.1]

Building Permit

This set of drawings is a Simplified version of construction documents. It shows to the building department the design is done per local code.

The building permit was obtained with the 1st submission before the New Year!

[3.2]

Construction Documents

We confirmed the planning with the city with the Concept drawings. Then we did Architectural, Structural, MEP, and forms to get a Permit to Start Construction without additional design work.

Results: Constructed

Clients successfully got the Building Permit and started living in their home in a few months.