Architect Kristijan Markoc has created a downloadable template for a "deliberately modest", two-bedroom timber home designed to be adapted to any site.
Named Plana House, the replicable home design has a compact, 42-square-metre plan and is composed of a simple, pitched-roof structure that can be constructed using readily-available materials.
The home was designed by Markoc, who is founder of Swiss studio Plana Architecture, to be a more-accessible alternative to typical housing designs, prioritising affordability, adaptability and a straight-forward construction process.
Central to this idea was bringing residents back into the process of building a home, leading to Markoc's creation of freely-available technical drawing sets for the project.
Resource for people to "adapt and potentially build their own house"
"Traditionally, much of the knowledge needed to build a house was held in common by the people and communities who built and inhabited them," Markoc told Dezeen.
"Plana House seeks to place some of that knowledge back in the commons by making a complete set of architectural drawings freely available, so that people can use it as a resource to understand, adapt and potentially build their own house."
Markoc, who has plans to build a prototype of Plana House, drew on his knowledge of modular construction for the structure, which he designed in line with UK and Irish construction regulations.
Although the structure is adaptable, any construction of Plana House would still need to be reviewed by a licensed architect or qualified professional to meet local building regulations, Markoc explained.
Plana House has a simple timber structure that can be built from off-the-shelf materials"The house uses a simple timber frame based on a highly efficient structural grid, developed using my experience with modular construction methods to make the building as efficient and economical as possible," Markoc explained.
"All dimensions, details, and construction methods must be verified and adapted by a licensed architect or qualified professional to ensure compliance with local building regulations, site conditions, and applicable standards prior to construction," he added.
Renders of the design by Markoc showcase a simple, single-storey timber frame clad entirely with timber panels, which can be built from standard, off-the-shelf materials.
Externally, the structure is intended to be finished in a variety of materials depending on what is locally available. For flexibility, the home can be built atop screw piles or pad foundations for a light-touch approach.
Read: Woonpioniers models adjoining Dutch homes on "a game of Tetris""[The structure] relies on readily available materials that can be purchased in any local hardware store, while its simple and familiar form allows it to sit naturally within very different regional contexts, with cladding materials adapted according to the local climate, availability and budget," Markoc said.
Inside, the home's rectangular plan is split into two wings, containing an open-plan living, dining and kitchen area at one end, and two bedrooms and a bathroom at the other.
A series of windows draw light into the interior, where the pitched roof helps to create more-spacious feel within the four-metre-wide spaces.
Elsewhere, Woonpioniers completed a pair of interlocking houses for two families within a single gabled volume in Utrecht.
The renders are by Tom Stepins.
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