Tiny Home Garage: Unity through Purpose

PrizeFinalists in Build (architecture)
University/SchoolPortland Community College
ArtistRachel Maxwell
CategoryNon-Professional

The "Tiny home garage" provides a secure living complex for individuals who want to help their environmental footprint by downsizing their living space, but don't want to commit to a nomad or isolated lifestyle. The design features a solar light pipe that redirects natural light across all levels. The complex draws inspiration from the concepts of revitalization, and unity, influenced by the Nigerian deities Obatala, god of creation and unity, and Anyanwu, god of love. These are featured in the rays of sun expanding from the center pipe and the diamond shapes that conjoin at the domes peak.