Finnish architect Marco Casagrande of Casagrande Laboratory is behind Tikku, a micro-apartment that can be built overnight and fit in a single parking space.
Created for Helsinki Design Week 2017, the three-floor structure is designed to producing its own solar energy and avoids the need for a water connection with dry toilets.
Tikku means “stick” in Finnish, referencing the building’s cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure, which is ballasted by a sand-box.
A 10cm-thick CLT exterior was used for the inaugural project, with 20cm-deep walls sufficient for cold winters without the need for insulation.
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