Choosing your design paradigm is a fundamental question about client needs.
Is the project a forever home? A mixed use space where the community will gather? A showcase commercial space that will speak to the ethos of your company? Or perhaps a single family home development that will serve the environmentally conscious…
Structural, insulation, and air and weather-sealing requirements are panelized to the greatest extent possible in all three of the below design paradigms, taking advantage of the design for manufacturing and assembly process (DfMA) and the effort to perform the maximum amount of work in the shop environment. This also includes the processing of complementary structural timbers that increase architectural freedom.
While choosing your design paradigm involves a balance between optimization and customization, the digital fabrication process ensures that all of these methods produce predictable, precision solutions for your building.
Optimized Custom
When we create custom buildings – from residences to community buildings and in between – there can be beauty in efficiency. The Collective Carpentry Building System draws on our breadth of experience in the prefabrication of nearly 100 custom structures: embodying the tried and tested solutions that streamline design review, digital fabrication, shop fabrication, logistics, and installation. Using one of our optimized panel and structural solutions is the ideal choice for keeping cost and timeline predictable; select from three standard wall systems with varying performance metrics and use case applications.
An optimized custom approach is suitable for:
- Integration with an external architect’s design
- The modification of an existing Collective Home design
- A custom design developed by Collective Carpentry
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Bespoke Custom
Sometimes a custom building demands a custom solution. From architecturally challenging expressions to remote arctic climates, we’ve serviced projects with a number of bespoke panelization and structural timber solutions to meet the demands of unique situations. With the assistance of the digital fabrication process and a well-structured design review process, collaboration between architect, structural engineer, builder, and Collective Carpentry can deliver a wide and compelling range of imaginable structures. Our dedicated installation team has worked with glulam, moment framing, timber framing, CLT, custom steel, among others. We work to marry these elements seamlessly with insulated structural panels that still optimize the use of sustainable materials.
A bespoke custom approach is best suited to projects using an outside architect with an ambitious design where craft and quality are paramount.
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Collective Homes
Our Collective Homes designs take the optimized Collective Carpentry Building System and apply it to form and performance, offering a more accessible pathway to a beautiful, comfortable, and sustainable home. While the interior layouts and accessory dwellings that complement a Collective Home can be customized, the most economical way to build is by selecting from one of our standard designs.
Collective Homes are suitable for:
- Developers investing in build-to-rent or build-to-sell single family residential community projects
- Experienced industry professionals seeking to act as a homeowner builder on their own project
- Property owners who will hire a professional General Contractor to oversee the project from start to completion
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