‘The Tini’ Is a Light-Filled, Minimalist Prefab Tiny Home

Brief 

In Spain, Madrid-based architecture firm Delavegacanolasso is jumping into the fray with its elegantly minimalist series of prefab tiny houses, called tini.

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that combines much of the advantages of a tiny house-inspired layout with the ease and convenience of prefabrication.

Companies that cater to this niche are popping up everywhere from Australia and Singapore to the Netherlands, as well as pay-as-you-live schemes from Germany and disaster-resistant tiny prefabs from Argentina.In Spain, Madrid-based architecture firm Delavegacanolasso is jumping into the fray with its elegantly minimalist series of prefab tiny houses, called tini.

This line of uber-modern units comes in a variety of sizes, with the company recently delivering one project for two clients located near Cuenca. The couple’s intention is to have a place that is ready to occupy, while they take the time to plan and build out a larger main house in the future.

Seen here is one version of the tini M model, which measures about 366 square feet (34 square meters), and is clad with a semi-oxidized steel facade that has been weathered to allow it to blend in with its surroundings.

In addition, there is quite a bit of glass from floor to ceiling, which permits an abundant amount of natural light into the interior of the tiny home.Admittedly, it’s a lot of glass, which can sometimes be problematic, but the idea here is to have lots of sunlight, and enable these glass walls to slide open in order to connect the indoors with the outdoors.

Of course, there are optional fabric blinds that can be added, which can allow occupants to control the amount of sunlight (and therefore heat) that comes in.As the designers explain, the clients chose the tini M due to a number of factors, including it being well-insulated with 5.5 inches (14 centimeters) of Geopannel’s recycled cotton in its walls: