Last November, Method unveiled the prototype for the Paradigm Series, a new line of efficient, modern, and sustainable prefab homes designed by Bogue Trondowski Architects.Method is now offering the exclusive opportunity to purchase the fully loaded Paradigm Series home prototype. This high-tech, deeply sustainable 700sft prefab is perfect for a primary residence, office, guesthouse, retreat, work studio, winery suite, and more.Finishes include sustainably harvested FSC wood and bamboo throughout, a custom Italian furniture package that includes a built-in couch, murphy bed, adjustable office area, dining room set, and full modern kitchen complete with appliances.View the Paradigm Photo GalleryFeatures:• 400 sqft composite deck• FSC Bamboo Flooring and Cabinets• FSC certified Western Red Cedar siding• ENERGY STAR® Appliances• Super Insulated Building Envelope with Rockwool Insulation R31 Walls, R48 Ceiling• Western Windows Multi-Slide Window Wall• Cascadia Windows tilt and turn triple insulated window and front door• Built-in mechanized blind system with blackout and mesh screen options• Ductless Mini-Split for Heating/Cooling• Juno LED Lighting• Hansgrohe Plumbing Fixtures• Duravit dual flush Toilet• Curbless shower with infinity drain• Flush Trim detailing• Squak Mountain Stone Eco Countertops• Hybrid heating/cooling pump hot water heater• Fire Sprinkler System• Panasonic ERV• Plumbed for greywater reuse system• Home automation system• Zero VOC interior paints & low VOC finishes• Rainwater collection and filtering for domestic use• Solar readyThe Paradigm home is permitted and inspected for California and Washington with reciprocity in other states and is starting at $150K dependent on accessories, location, and scope of work. Pricing is also available for site prep and installation.The home will be showcased at the Dwell on Design conference in Los Angeles June 21–23.For inquiries on purchasing Paradigm I, including setting up an appointment to tour the home during its visit in Los Angeles, contact info@methodhomes.net – serious inquiries only please.
Late Spring has been busy for Method. In mid-May, we unveiled the SEED Classroom prototype in downtown Seattle with our partners the SEED Collaborative. The Classroom is targeting the Living Building Challenge and has been receiving a great response throughout the Living Future unConference and beyond. SEED will be open for public tours in Seattle through mid-June and has already been visited by hundreds of students, teachers, school officials, and the public.The day after delivering SEED, Method headed out to the desert of Eastern Washington to set a Cabin Model 3 on the bank of the Columbia River. The following week, we set the first Elemental Shift project in Olalla, Washington.Our other projects currently in production include a custom three story cabin by Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects that will head to Girdwood, Alaska, a Cabin model 2.1 headed to a bison ranch in Williams, Oregon, and a customized Element 4 by Chris Pardo Design: Elemental Architecture that will head to Victoria British Columbia. Method is also working on homes in the Channel Islands of BC, Sonoma, Seattle, Mercer Island and Portland, amongst others.This month we are also headed down to Los Angeles for Dwell on Design where our Paradigm Prototype will be showcased.We have a full schedule through the summer, so stay tuned to see finished photos and video from our upcoming events and projects.
SEED Collaborative has teamed up with Method Homes for the construction of what it hopes will become the first modular building to pass the Living Building Challenge. The SEEDclassroom is designed to be a portable teaching space available at short notice, and yet one which meets its own energy and water needs.The SEEDclassroom is a place for children to learn and think about sustainability (SEED itself standing for Sustainable Education Every Day). Each 900 sq ft (84 sq m) building catches rainwater to be used in the sinks and basins, from which water is intercepted once again, and filtered through a "living wall" of edible plants. The classroom's energy is provided by rooftop solar power.
Dwell's editors cover the prefab showcase at Dwell on Design 2013, including the Method Paradigm Prefab.
The SEEDClassroom is the world’s first portable, self-sustaining classroom to target Living Building Challenge certification—one of the world's most rigorous building performance standards. Designed and built by Method Homes and the SEED Collaborative, the modular classroom prototype has been transported to a site in Seattle, WA, where it will be unveiled at the International Living Future unConference.The project was inspired by the SEED Collaborative’s previous work on the Bertschi School which was recently certified as the 4th Living Building in the world. The success of the 3,380-square-foot interactive school in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood inspired the team to try and bring the same to more students.
Seed Collaborative and Method Prefab have completed the prototype for a 900-square-foot classroom that they say will be the first modular building to purse the Living Building Challenge.
Method recently partnered with Cascadia Green Building Council and Built Green on a happy hour event at Urbanata to get ramped up for the Living Future unConference that will take place this Spring in downtown Seattle from May 15–17.Part of the ramp up was an introduction for some to the SEED (Sustainable Education Every Day) Classroom. Method recently announced their partnership as the exclusive modular builder for SEED Collaborative, an organization committed to bringing inspirational learning spaces to students around the world.SEED Classroom is a Living Building Challenge learning space that reduces cost of operation and maintenance through zero-water and zero-energy design strategies and 100-year construction. SEED also provides the tools for teachers to use the building as a living laboratory as the basis for applied STEM, art and social studies curriculum.The first SEED Classroom will be unveiled at the 2013 unConference before traveling to its final destination in Jasper where it will serve 3 local schools. Method is proud to be in partnership with the SEED Collaborative as the modular builder and looks forward to the dialogue and action sparked by the prototype.Check out the gallery of highlights from the happy hour at Urbanata, including the crowd listening to SEED Collaborative Executive Director Stacy Smedley giving an inspiring introduction to the project.The prototype is now under construction in the factory…more on the build and information on the Jasper SEED Classroom launch at the unConference coming soon.
