LivingHomes C6 Home
The C6 by prefab company LivingHomes in collaboration with Make It Right and architect William McDonough, is the first lower-cost, zero-energy, zero-carbon and LEED Platinum® level production home (wow).
Debuting at Modernism Week & the Upcoming TED 2012 Conference, the C6 was designed as part of a new partnership with Make It Right, the nonprofit founded by Brad Pitt after Hurricane Katrina, and renowned architect William McDonough. The collaboration will bring 150 Cradle to Cradle inspired LEED Platinum homes in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, with a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each C6 to help support the efforts of Make It Right.
This 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 1232-square-foot home is perfect for a small family or couple. Its design is inspired by the California homes created by Joe Eichler in the 50s and 60s with its open floor plan. Each home includes cork flooring, wood ceiling millwork and siding, glass doors and floor-to-ceiling glass windows as well as a full-feature lighting control system that’s iPhone-controlled.
Moreover, the C6 is the first Energy Star® certified production home with a LEED Platinum level environmental program. It achieves some fantastic ideals and sets a new standard for prefab living by being zero energy, zero water, zero emissions, zero carbon, and zero waste. That’s pretty impressive. Let’s hope that homebuilders everywhere can take note.
Want one? The C6, built by Cavco, is available in most states for $179,000 ($145/sf) and can be fully constructed in less than two months and installed on-site in one day.
Photos by Izumi Tanaka.
Great!! But why oh why make iPhone controlled lighting? Apple is the LEAST cradle-to-cradle minded Company ever…
The article states that it is ‘zero carbon’ and ‘zero energy’. I can’t find any reference to this on the LivingHomes website. What is the source for this claim?
The information came directly from the LivingHomes’ public relations firm and is available in a downloadable PDF from their “News” section: http://www.livinghomes.net/pdf/LivingHomes_C6_Launch_Release_FINAL_021612.pdf
I don’t know why this info is not in the C6 features/benefits section.
Two questions: Is there a reason it’s so…brown? I mean, it’s cool and all, but why such a non-pretty paint job? Just saying. I was also wondering about the cost– $179,000 is a lot of money… especially for a prefab house. Why/how would anyone go for this over, say, a mobile home, which can be purchased for much cheaper and looks similar? I’m aware of the green benefits that are obviously a huge selling point, but I’m curious about who the target audience is. This is too expensive for a large percentage of our population that are looking for cheap, affordable, housing, but for the more wealthy part of the population, this seems like it would be too inexpensive. Where does the target audience fall in that gap?