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Fincube by Studio Aisslinger

Fincube is a new project from Studio Aisslinger — a modular, sustainable and transportable low-energy home. Designed by Werner Aisslinger and developed with a South Tyrolian team, the Fincube was created 1200m above sea level near Bozen in Northern Italy, with a beautiful view of the Dolomite mountains. The hideaway-in-nature nomadic housing concept has since been exhibited as a prototype in Ritten, above Bozen.

From the architects:

Made entirely of local wood, the building provides 47 m² of living space with a minimal CO2 footprint: local suppliers and local crafts using local long-lasting and recyclable materials manufactured with the precision and care of tyrolese handwork. The Fincube is a materialized vision of a small housing unit with a long lifecycle. It can easily be dismantled and rebuilt on a new site, and even more important for nature hideaways: it requires minimum soil sealing — just 2 m? that are easily renatured after the Fincube is moved to another location.

Long-Lasting Design
The design is minimal, material-orientated, and in close touch with nature – the wooden space with a 360-degree triple glazing is furnished with a second facade layer, producing shade and giving the building a unique overall mushroom-like monoshape. The horizontal ledges give privacy to the Fincube and embed the building into forests, meadows, mountain sides or any nature resorts. The combination of long-lasting design and the option of changing its location after a while make the Fincube a flexible home or hideaway and a lifetime companion.

Hospitality Vision
Together with South Tyrolean hotelier Josef Innherhofer, the fincube was also conceptualized as a vision for future hospitality: a temporary Fincube village with minimum soil sealing can be placed in the middle of the most beautiful landscapes without permanently altering them. In contrast to all permanent buildings it could be easily changed, extended, scaled down or removed and the area would soon be renaturalized back to normal. These qualities turn the unit into an answer to future needs of flexible and smart tourism.

Technology and Space
Technology wise the Fincube is a smart house – all vital house-functions are controlled by a central touchpanel.

The supporting structure is made of local larch and the interior is a combination of larch & stone-pine. The 3m-high space is organized in a helical structure: the entrance area blends into a generous open kitchen with an adjacent sofa living space, around the corner one enters the bedroom and further down is the spacious bathroom.

Design: Werner Aisslinger
Interior Design: Tina Bunyaprasit
Styling: Studio Aisslinger
Investor: Josef Innerhofer
Wood Structure: Markus Lobis
Interior Finish: Matthias Prast

Lots more photos are available on the Fincube website.

Jaime Derringer, Founder + Executive Editor of Design Milk, is a Jersey girl living in SoCal. She dreams about funky, artistic jewelry + having enough free time to enjoy some of her favorite things—running, reading, making music, and drawing.