Cabin ANNA by Caspar Schols is a fully inhabitable prototypical house that comes from flatpack. The design is based on Schols’ experimental ‘Garden House,’ which explored the shifting of exterior building layers in response to occasion or weather. ANNA is similarly dynamic and temporal, able to adjust to conditions instantly.
Cabin ANNA comes in three different models: ANNA Stay, ANNA Meet and ANNA Me. Anna Stay has two sliding shells that move around a fixed house core containing kitchen, shower, toilet and storage space. Above the kitchen, there is a mezzanine which accommodates a second king-size bed. The house is suitable for a family of four or four adults.
Anna Meet is a technically more refined, a multi-functional platform for a wide range of activities (yoga, writing, meetings, sleeping, bathing, dinners, bird watching, star gazing etc). ANNA Me allows ANNA to be tailored with individual elements or be radically transformed into a new cabin form.
ANNA is built using sustainably grown and untreated Larch. Inside, it is finished with birch ply, which the architect selected for its high quality and light colour. It is insulated with five centimetres of sawdust. ANNA is heated by a wood stove, but there is an option for electric heating.
Long horizontal windows ensure only indirect sunlight penetrates the cabin, thus avoiding heat gain. The windows afford panoramic views, but only when seated in a chair or lying in bed. This way, the wood shell feels warm and cosy when the weather is more hostile or privacy is desired.
The cabin is delivered in one piece of as a flat pack. The flatpack consists of 26 parts and weighs a maximum of 500kg. The concept includes an easy to remove screw-foundation of 14 steel pillars that are 1.5m in length. The pillars are unscrewed from the soil when ANNA is disassembled and moved elsewhere. Using a mini electric crane, ANNA can be assembled in five working days using 3 people. All elements fit within a regular truck.
