This sounds like it would have been a lot of fun. I wonder if there was
any mention of, or visits to, the T House villages in Ubud Bali
Indonesia. ( http://www.balithouse.com/ ) For some years there was a
company in California called Tony's T-Houses founded by designer Tony
Gwilliam that made Asian-style prefab back yard pavilions of a uniquely
simple practical design. They were popular enough that Tony was able to
go on to pursuing applying this minimalist approach to full scale homes
and he moved to Bali to develop the Bali-T House; a prefab house kit
based on nail-less ironwood construction and unique Indonesian
craftsmanship. It helped inspire a bit of a craze in export Indonesian
kit housing, though most of that was focused on the more elaborately
carved traditional architecture popular for guest houses and resort
cottages. I was long very interest in these Bali-T houses because of the
powerful modular system Tony employed and the non-toxic nature of the
ironwood, which is so dense it simply can't be adulterated by paint and
other potentially toxic finishes and treatments. But, unfortunately they
never really caught on as kit homes in the western world because they
were too well adapted to the mild Indonesian climate and couldn't work
without additional shelter in northern climates. So, eventually, Tony's
company gave up on selling the kits to focus on crafting vacation
villages using them in Ubud. But there's still great potential in the
building system for these clever and elegant little houses, particularly
today with the rise of the Tiny House movement.
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