Relatively young and über trendy architects youmeheshe caught my eye recently with a couple of their projects. The first is a masterplan for Byron Park, London, England.

The masterplan, as youmeheshe state, creates a symbiotic relationship between the parks green space and the hard edge of suburban London, clusters of varying modular homes allow a unique, dense, sustainable development.

It was important for youmeheshe to lower the impact on the local area by utilising as much of the original land features as possible. As they explain:

The landscape character of the existing parkland is drawn into the housing development, creating communal gardens which also allow water recycling and wildlife habitat creation.

The houses on the development, the 7.83Hz House, is a pre-fabricated structure made of wood, making them sustainable and considerably cheaper than other housing options around. As the architects explain:

The design strikes a new profile due to both the logic of off-site construction and the volumetric configuration of spaces that allow natural ventilation, maximisation of daylight and the opportunity to reconfigure. 7.83 Hz will set standards in healthy living with construction materials selected to avoid nasty chemicals and their by-products.

The houses have a pretty unique look, don’t you think?

The second project is their stunning Ecofloat Floating Village project. Designed to nestle in a nature reserve, Ecofloat serves to enhance, rather than destroy, the environment that it floats within and lessening the impact on the ecological balance within the area. The design is sleek and modern and a very interesting concept to boot.

For more info on their projects, please visit the website at: http://www.youmeheshe.com/

This one is an interesting concept. A pre-fab house with a host of eco-credentials, that can be put together in a matter of days. The Perrinepod design is quite retro, oblong shaped with rounded edges. The idea behind the design is to counter our over-cluttered existence and create beautiful and useable living environment that can adapt to any setting. As the architect, Jean-mic Perrine states:

“My design is about appreciating the beauty of simple, uncluttered space.” The perrinepod is very functional, very sexy, very simple, with the form of the spaces inside following the function, there’s no pretense, just simple, beautiful designs. It’s a really cool thing to have no falseness - for example, the bathrooms are simply designed as a place to wash, backed up by quality materials.

Living spaces have become as transient and irrelevant as clothes. It’s no longer a look for a generation, the look of ‘now’ only lasts for a three to four year period.

That approach is not sustainable and people are putting themselves under a lot of unnecessary pressure trying to keep up. The Perrine Pod is the antithesis of all of that - simple design, beautiful materials that will remain classic. It’s not a ‘look at me’ statement, but a home that is comfortable, stylish and above all, functional.”

A great idea if you ask me. The design is also stackable, giving the option of a larger, family home. The time-lapse video below shows just how quickly these things can be put together.