Form and Forest’s Beautiful Flat Pack Prefab Concept in British Columbia

Last year, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/form-and-forest-prefab-flat-pack-cabins/">Form and Forest</a> came out with a fantastic line of flat pack prefab cabins for which it won a 2009 Canadian Architect Annual Award of Excellence. With so many concepts already out there, the newbie prefab maker decided they needed to prove how good their cabins would look in real life. The company recently completed a <a href="http://www.formandforest.com/cabins/default.aspx?itemid=25">Pioneer cabin</a> in Golden, British Columbia with a single-pitch shed roof, prefabricated wall system and ICF foundation.

Form and Forest is the brainchild of brothers Jeff and Ryan Jordan, where Jeff owns and runs a prefab manufacturing company in the Calgary area and Ryan is an industrial designer.

The designs for the cabins were created by D’Arcy Jones Design and include five different cabins based on prefab, flat-pack design methodology.

The interior is simply designed with strong focus on the views.

Inside are two bedrooms, a large living room, kitchen and a flexible loft space that could serve as an extra bedroom or office.

The site they chose for their proof of concept was a 5 acre wooded piece of land on the banks of the Blaeberry River.

Here the designers formulate a plan for the site and optimize the orientation of the cabin.

The footings are laid and ready for the foundation.

ICF foundation is set in place and concrete is poured.

The prefab walls are delivered and set in place.

The cabin, part way through construction.

The completed cabin.

The Pioneer cabin is a 1,740 square feet home with large floor to ceiling glass windows offering views of the surroundings.

The home was oriented so the roof could maximize the use of the sun for a future photovoltaic system.