No Footprint House Wood / NFHW
A modular toolbox for sustainable construction
In 2018, we developed the No Footprint House (NFH) as a modular component system for sustainable construction. The first residential prototype was built in Costa Rica, it was published worldwide and received 23 international awards for architecture, construction, innovation and sustainability. Among those was the Green Product Award 2020. Since the making of the prototype, we have worked on building iterations of the original scheme, customizing new homes on the base of its modular component system, as well as developing new materials and building components, such as the NFH in Wood (NFHW).
Company/Institution
A-01 (A Company / A Foundation)
A-01 is an interdisciplinary network organization. Our participatory design methodologies are developed to break the boundaries of a single professional or cultural perspective. This allows for a holistic approach that shapes our products in urban and rural development. We work on a broad variety of topics and scales in order to co-create integrally sustainable solutions worldwide. The latest version of the No Footprint House (NFH) in Costa Rica was developed in collaboration with José Pablo Gonzalez, Hernán Mora, Pablo Mora, Rafael Cañas, José Maria Torra and Francisco Rodriguez Bejarano.
Country
Costa Rica
Website
Designer(s)
Oliver Schütte and Marije van Lidth de Jeude
A-01 is an interdisciplinary network organization. We create integrally sustainable solutions for urban and rural development. Each assignment is carried out with a custom fit team of experts by our consulting firm A Company or its non-profit counterpart A Foundation. Our work methodology is designed to break the boundaries of a single professional perspective in order to allow for a holistic approach that shapes our products. We envision a long-term impact that involves economic growth, a high-quality spatial surrounding, a responsible use of natural resources and an equal social development.