The Modern, Stylish and Completely Off-Grid Ursa Tiny House

January 29, 2022 Post a Comment

Project Ursa is a challenge issued internally by studio Madeiguincho, the end goal of which was to design and build three prototypes for tiny houses on wheels.

The Ursa house's exterior walls are covered in heat-treated timber — The Ursa house's outside walls are covered in rut-treated timber

They had to take a length of 4m, 5m and respectively 7m, to be 2,5m wide and to have a maximum height of 4m. The effect was the cute Ursa mobile abode which is packed with absurd features.

The large glass doors and wood shutters can open up to connect the interior to an outdoor deck

The Ursa tiny house that yous see in these images is located in Cascais, Portugal and was designed to exist able to function completely off-grid.

This tiny house has two sleeping areas, one of which is a loft bedroom

To ensure that, the roof features a subtle 5% slope which allows rainwater to drain easily into a couple of water tanks with a total capacity of 650 liters. This water is then redirected to the kitchen sink, the bathroom sink and the shower where it'southward filtered and reused. Afterwards that, the reused water goes into another tank and from there is used for watering plants.

The other sleeping area is a cozy window nook next to the work station — The other sleeping area is a cozy window nook next to the piece of work station

On peak of the roof the Urba tiny business firm features solar panels which are facing South. Their inclination can be adjusted up to 30% in lodge to maximize the free energy product all year round, making this a very efficient off-grid tiny house.

The door shutters can be closed but still let some of the light through — The door shutters tin exist airtight but still let some of the light through

The energy produced by these solar panels is being converted and stored for later uses so the inhabitants tin can ever take energy on demand when needed. Bank check out our informational article covering solar panel companies if yous're interesting in this subject.

The large curved window lets lots of light into the loft and reveals a panoramic view — The large curved window lets lots of low-cal into the loft and reveals a panoramic view

This tiny house offers 17 foursquare meters of living space in full which is organized into a kitchen, a full bath with a dry toilet that produces compost, a living area, two sleeping areas and also an outdoor deck.

The interior is compact and packed with multifunctional features

Of class, each of these spaces is small-scale and they all blend into one another which creates a cozy ambiance inside. This is accentuated by the warmth of the forest used for both the interior and the exterior of the Ursa tiny house.