The Alpod Mobile Home is Made from a lightweight aluminum shell. its flexible and open concept living space is relatively easy to transport and can serve as a micro home, holiday cabin, office, retail or exhibition space. Its been designed and developed in a collaborative effort by James Law Cybertecture, Aluhaouse, and Arup.
It’s designed as an exclusive high-tech pod house. Inside, you’ll be presented with minimalist yet futuristic interior based on a contemporary flexible open-plan living. Everything is integrated in one smart system, from environmental controls, lighting, skylights, kitchen, bathroom, and full height glazing.
The Alpod looks like a container home but is more of a pod built entirely out of aluminum, which was chosen for its light weight and durability.
Each Alpod is outfitted with sliding glass doors, a living area, kitchen and bathroom, but no dedicated bedroom. The 480-square-foot interior also features built-in LED lighting, environmental controls, integrated kitchen appliances, air conditioning, and ventilation windows and skylights.
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Where land is restricted, the designers say multiple Alpod homes could be stacked on top of one another, creating a micro-living skyscraper, in which each unit could change its position within the tower.
Besides being modular by design, the Alpod concept allowed multi-functionality due to its linear layout. The Alpod is currently being featured in the Hong Kong 2015 Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture at the Kowloon Park and Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre.
