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Tiny TIM, The Netherlands | 2015
Architects: Hans Peter Föllmi and Jurgen van der Ploeg, FARO architecten bv., bna
Manufacturer: FARO architecten bv., bna
Imagine this: small is large enough for you. This Timber Independent Mobile, Tiny TIM for short, is smart about resource use, extremely energy efficient and has low living expenses. If you go ‘Tiny’, you go for ‘less is more’. You choose smart alternatives for regular solutions. But how can you do so while sticking to quality and comfort?
The Tiny TIM is flexible and has a multifunctional interior. Everything happen on 13 m2: there is a sleeping mezzanine above the technical space, the shower and the toilet, the kitchen cabinets serve as staircase, even the lounge sofa is multifunctional: sitting, sleeping, and storing. That is how this tiny house is fitted with every expected convenience.
Timber
The Tiny TIM is 90% wood. Wood is a bio-based material that, besides storing CO2, offers many amazing qualities: wood is light, wood breathes, wood insulates, wood is strong, wood is multifunctional. The Tiny TIM uses wood sustainable: the black burned facade protects from vermin, is water repellent, and fire retardant. Painting isn’t necessary! De window frames from Accoya are made from pine treated with vinegar, as good as tropical hardwood, but more sustainable and, again, painting isn’t necessary. Furthermore the Tiny TIM is built from Structural Insulated Panels (SIP-panels), which create a light, strong, and breathing building structure.
The Tiny TIM is 90% wood. Wood is a bio-based material that, besides storing CO2, offers many amazing qualities: wood is light, wood breathes, wood insulates, wood is strong, wood is multifunctional. The Tiny TIM uses wood sustainable: the black burned facade protects from vermin, is water repellent, and fire retardant. Painting isn’t necessary! De window frames from Accoya are made from pine treated with vinegar, as good as tropical hardwood, but more sustainable and, again, painting isn’t necessary. Furthermore the Tiny TIM is built from Structural Insulated Panels (SIP-panels), which create a light, strong, and breathing building structure.
Independent
The Tiny TIM is 100% sustainable and autarkic in water and energy use. The green, water purifying façade filters shower water, dishwater, and urine into clean drinking water. Two types of wind turbines generate power with both high and lower wind speeds. The limited space on the roof is maximally used with the hybrid solar panels (PVT) generating power from three different sources: through solar cells and through the combination of hot water and air. Energy is stored in a buffer tank with 500 liters of water to heat the tiny house and for hot water. Excess energy is stored in two batteries, for the evenings and less sunny days.
The Tiny TIM is 100% sustainable and autarkic in water and energy use. The green, water purifying façade filters shower water, dishwater, and urine into clean drinking water. Two types of wind turbines generate power with both high and lower wind speeds. The limited space on the roof is maximally used with the hybrid solar panels (PVT) generating power from three different sources: through solar cells and through the combination of hot water and air. Energy is stored in a buffer tank with 500 liters of water to heat the tiny house and for hot water. Excess energy is stored in two batteries, for the evenings and less sunny days.
Mobile
The Tiny TIM is mobile and can be transported with the help of a trailer, driven by chauffeurs with a regular driver’s license. Tiny TIM can be deployed for either short or for longer periods, and on locations where other solutions might be too expansive or technically impossible. Tiny TIM can thus function as student housing or for recreational purposes, but also as temporary housing for, for example, refugees.
The Tiny TIM is mobile and can be transported with the help of a trailer, driven by chauffeurs with a regular driver’s license. Tiny TIM can be deployed for either short or for longer periods, and on locations where other solutions might be too expansive or technically impossible. Tiny TIM can thus function as student housing or for recreational purposes, but also as temporary housing for, for example, refugees.
The Tiny TIM functions as a modular concept. Whereas every Tiny TIM can function independently, groups of Tiny TIM’s can offer even stronger benefits. Two Tiny TIM’s can share energy through a small grid, as well as the yield from the green, water purifying facades. In an even larger cluster the technical installations could be centralized, creating more space within the interiors, offering the opportunity to maximize positioning in relation to the sun, a higher energy yield, and reducing the investment costs for the technical installations.
