PRODUCT
For centuries private houses have been built on location by human hand with archaic methods of construction. The approach pioneered by Wunderhaus is entirely different. Wunderhaus is a product in the shape of a building, signalling a fundamental paradigm shift. It transposes the virtues from a product – a smartphone, a television or a car – to the manufacture of domestic buildings.
PRODUCT
For centuries private houses have been built on location by human hand with archaic methods of construction. The approach pioneered by Wunderhaus is entirely different. Wunderhaus is a product in the shape of a building, signalling a fundamental paradigm shift. It transposes the virtues from a product – a smartphone, a television or a car – to the manufacture of domestic buildings.
The key to this revolution is technology that allows for the innovation of outmoded methods of construction, which prevails in the industry. The modern industrial process is an ongoing cycle – a holistic process of research, design, production, quality control, marketing and distribution. We know, because we completed the cycle – not as a theoretical proposition, but by building and testing a fully-fledged prototype.
The key to this revolution is technology that allows for the innovation of outmoded methods of construction, which prevails in the industry. The modern industrial process is an ongoing cycle – a holistic process of research, design, production, quality control, marketing and distribution. We know, because we completed the cycle – not as a theoretical proposition, but by building and testing a fully-fledged prototype.
For centuries private houses have been built on location by human hand with arcane methods of construction. The approach pioneered by Wunderhaus is entirely different. Wunderhaus is a product in the shape of a building, signalling a fundamental paradigm shift. It transposes the virtues from a product – a smartphone, a television or a car – to the manufacture of domestic buildings.
The way we look at products has fundamentally changed in the last decades, when good products were simply required to work. Owing to global competition and legal consumer protection products are much more sophisticated, augmenting their status and desirability as branded goods. Moreover, advances in manufacturing technologies give products a hitherto unseen degree of performance and quality along with the freedom from defects – all due to the extensive research, development and testing that precedes fabrication. It is this painstaking process that gives the house its exceptional thermal efficiency, sustainable manufacture, cost-effectiveness and aesthetic appeal.
The way we look at products has fundamentally changed in the last decades, when good products were simply required to work. Owing to global competition and legal consumer protection products are much more sophisticated, augmenting their status and desirability as branded goods. Moreover, advances in manufacturing technologies give products a hitherto unseen degree of performance and quality along with the freedom from defects – all due to the extensive research, development and testing that precedes fabrication. It is this painstaking process that gives the house its exceptional thermal efficiency, sustainable manufacture, cost-effectiveness and aesthetic appeal.
Wunderhaus is a product that benefits from the highest levels of quality found in different areas of manufacture. Just as in a high-end car, for example, the right combination of the best elements makes it much more than the sum of its parts. This product-based approach is rooted in the original design process and the controlled, cutting-edge technology of the factory, rather than the lengthy, labour- intensive activities of the building site. In short, with a product, consumers know precisely what they are getting – efficient design, high quality and speedy assembly.
Wunderhaus is not quite a ‘machine for living’ – as espoused by the seminal architect Le Corbusier nearly a hundred years ago – but it might be a product assembled by machines instructed by clever design. The lives of its inhabitants are not coldly mechanistic since the house takes care of these technical efficiencies, allowing them to prosper as human beings. A luxurious house that exudes ethical values and empathy with its owners and guests. A house that is all that is not just any product, it is a thing we can cherish – a beloved object.
The product design approach to houses switches the primary focus towards ergonomics and wellbeing in the quest for creating a home for optimal human habitation. Houses are traditionally designed from the outside in, with internal spaces compromised and crammed in to fit the external dimensions. This is akin to designing a car to fit an existing garage! In contrast Wunderhaus was designed from the inside out. This was to ensure that every room was perfectly proportioned and dimensioned to accommodate kitchen, bathrooms, storage and furniture, whilst providing functional space and minimising “wasted” space such as corridors and stairwells.
ERGONOMICS
ERGONOMICS
The product design approach to houses switches the primary focus towards ergonomics and wellbeing in the quest for creating a home for optimal human habitation. Houses are traditionally designed from the outside in, with internal spaces compromised and crammed in to fit the external dimensions. This is akin to designing a car to fit an existing garage! In contrast Wunderhaus was designed from the inside out. This was to ensure that every room was perfectly proportioned and dimensioned to accommodate kitchen, bathrooms, storage and furniture, whilst providing functional space and minimising “wasted” space such as corridors and stairwells.
In our research and development, we concentrated foremost on finding the most architecturally attractive, rational and effective 3 dimensional layout matrix, to produce the most exciting and practical solution with the maximum light, storage space and mechanical engineering distribution.
The resulting layout is revolutionary and absolutely unique, not just in its effectiveness, but in the fact that the very same layout can be used for ground and first floor, in an almost endless combination of Wunderhaus volumes, from 2 – 8 bedrooms in single or double storey, detached, semi detached or terraced configurations.
COMPONENT SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION
Wunderhaus benefits from important innovations in architectural construction, and it is neither a modular home, nor a kit house, but an individually designed, beautifully crafted dwelling of the highest architectural merit, evidenced by, for instance, the prestigious Red Dot Design award it received in 2022.
Wunderhaus developed a unique Component System Construction method to build the houses, where, just like an iPhone or a car every part of Wunderhaus is precision engineered and manufactured in a factory to take its specific place and function when assembled with ease and efficiency on site, ensuring certainty of quality, duration and cost every time.
COMPONENT SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION
Wunderhaus benefits from important innovations in architectural construction, and it is neither a modular home, nor a kit house, but an individually designed, beautifully crafted dwelling of the highest architectural merit, evidenced by, for instance, the prestigious Red Dot Design award it received in 2022.
Wunderhaus developed a unique Component System Construction method to build the houses, where, just like an iPhone or a car every part of Wunderhaus is precision engineered and manufactured in a factory to take its specific place and function when assembled with ease and efficiency on site, ensuring certainty of quality, duration and cost every time.
The components of the house are rationalised and logistically prefabricated by design insuring that its structure and performance are superior and the construction time shorter, while minimising the wastage of material and lessening the impact on the environment. Wunderhaus is assembled on site, just like any conventional build, the components are manufactured off site, just like the bricks in a masonry building or the timber in a timber frame house. It uses structural insulated panels for the superstructure because of their superior performance, as they are 3 times stronger than a masonry building and 7 times stronger than a timber frame house.
The components of the house are rationalised and logistically prefabricated by design insuring that its structure and performance are superior and the construction time shorter, while minimising the wastage of material and lessening the impact on the environment. Wunderhaus is assembled on site, just like any conventional build, the components are manufactured off site, just like the bricks in a masonry building or the timber in a timber frame house. It uses structural insulated panels for the superstructure because of their superior performance, as they are 3 times stronger than a masonry building and 7 times stronger than a timber frame house.
SIPs
How many parts are required to construct a 5x3m wall…
SIPs
How many parts are required to construct a 5x3m wall…
Bricks
1800 elements
thickness of 500mm
U=0.66 W/m2K
Benefits of SIPs:
• Superior strength
• Superior air tightness
• Superior insulation
• Reduced construction time
• Reduced labour costs
Breeze blocks
150 elements
thickness of 440mm
U=0.28 W/m2K
Wunderhaus SIPs
4 elements
thickness of 225mm
U=0.13 W/m2K