Desert House by Marmol Radziner

The Desert House, designed by Marmol Radziner may have you craving a prefabbed home. The prototype, located in Desert Hot Springs, California, is built with prefabricated technologies in a factory. Twelve feet wide modules made out of steel framing can extend up to sixty-four feet in length. The Desert House is built with three types of basic modules: interior modules, which comprise the living spaces; exterior modules, which define the covered outdoor living spaces and the sunshade modules provide protection from the sun. The house sits above the desert landscape allowing for views of the San Jacinto and San Gorgonio mountains. The open frames provide sheltered living spaces blending the indoor and the outdoors and extending the house.

The Desert House also has sustainable design concepts including active and passive solar technologies. Solar panels provide power for the house and sunshades minimize the summer heat allowing for the air conditioning and fans to be used less. And in colder months, concrete floors provide passive solar heat gain.

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