
#8: Pod tree house designĭesigned by a agency specializing in tree houses, Baumraum has created a beautiful piece of pod tree house design. It is a small space but one that is definitely livable.

At the left side is a compartment for sleeping. Within the pod, there are plenty of storage and living space. The design allows the house to be opened from the front or side. It was initially designed to be an extension of the house but it can be a home by itself. #7: Blob living podĪ minimalist pod house design by dmvA Architect. Within the pod there is enough space for a shower, a bed and even a working desk.

Rainwater can even be collected and purified to become drinking water. Internally, this space age pod house has two turbines at the end of each side to provide natural ventilation for the house. It can be run completely on solar energy, thus helping to make more efficient use of energy. Nau Architects has created a self sustaining pod home that is meant to be perked at the rooftops. G Pods have 4 models that you can choose from. It is designed for people ranging between 5 to 14, depending on the model. G-Pod is an prefab pod home distributed by Mars Lab in the US. Within the house, all the furnishing is built around the pod so that the corner spaces are maximized, leaving a significant floor space in the middle. One side of the pod house is made of glass that runs from the ceiling to the floor, which makes the small house feels much bigger. Functioning as guest home that can be situated in your backyard, it can also be used as a stand alone house for folks who want a small living space. #4: Pod house in the gardenĪ beautiful pod house design created by Manuel Villa. In the image above, you can see how a pod office design can look like.

#3: Modern pod office designīesides being used as a home, pod design can also be applied to an office setting. Designed by Architecture and Vision, this is ideal as a mobile platform for companies to showcase their products on the road. The MercuryHouseOne is a concept house that is powered almost entirely by solar.

This flexibility allows the home owners to have the option of creating more space when there are guests in the house. It also uses solar panels to be more energy efficient.įinally, the entire home can be extended as and when the need arises. The main concept highlighted here is to leverage on lots of natural light and passive ventilation to make the whole home eco friendly. Using only the bare minimum and avoiding cramping the room with too much stuff, it is a beautiful piece of pod home design. #1: Chanfer Pod Home from S-archetypeĬhanfer home exterior doesn’t look like a pod but within this small space, it is certainly pod living. If you like to explore pod living, can I welcome you to take a look at the modern small pod house designs. Given the interest, I thought I will do a more thorough round up of the different pod house designs that are currently being used in real pod houses around the world. I vaguely covered one such design in my post on nano house design article. This refers to small houses that looks like space pods. One of the recent trends in the small house industry is called pod living.
