Tiny Home Project: we take you inside the micro house of Ikea

It's called Tiny Home Project and it's an Ikea micro-house built in collaboration with Vox Creative and American RV

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It measures just 17 square meters but every corner, every choice, is devoted to sustainability. It's called Tiny Home Project and it's an Ikea micro-house built in collaboration with Vox Creative and American RV.

For the creators, it is a new way of life that allows us to make better choices to give "a brighter future to ourselves and to our planet".

“Inspired by our shared commitments to sustainability, inclusiveness and innovation, Vox Creative and IKEA ® have collaborated to reinvent home design. The challenge? Create an elegant, sustainable and affordable space, and fit all of this into approximately 17 square meters, just to show that anyone, anywhere can live a more sustainable life ”, reads the official website.

And the result is a gem, small yes but efficient, functional, equipped with all comforts. The furniture is strictly all Ikea, from the Kungsbacka collection in the kitchen to the Norden folding table, used as a work table, dining table but also as a container element.

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In these 17 square meters, nothing is left to chance. The materials are sustainable and the appliances present are highly energy efficient, from induction hobs to taps with cold start function that avoid wasting additional energy up to compost-toilets.

“We have reinvented a tiny sustainable home to inspire consumers to bring sustainability into their lives. We learned a lot in the process and are now bringing you our best tips and tricks. Explore all the clever ways we've saved space, resources and money in our Tiny Home Tour video. ”

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“During the construction and design of the house, we wanted to demonstrate that sustainable home solutions could be affordable and elegant. Sustainability can be seen throughout the Tiny Home, "explains Jennifer Keesson, IKEA's US sustainability manager, adding that the Tiny Home" exemplifies how it is possible to successfully live sustainably, with great design, regardless of size. of our home or our portfolio. We can show how making small changes to areas of the house can have a big impact on the planet. "

The imperative was to do more with less, both by creating less waste and by exploiting the resources offered by Mother Nature, such as sunlight for the production of electricity.

Many of the objects used in the house are created with recycled materials, such as the floor lamp which in addition to incorporating an LED bulb, has a lampshade made from PET bottles and the wooden base is produced from sustainable sources.

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Appliances have also been designed to minimize the waste of resources and energy. For example, Keesson explains, the shower head is equipped with a flow regulator that saves energy and water, and the kitchen and bathroom faucets have aerators that reduce water consumption. Added to this is a portable induction hob that saves energy in the kitchen.

Here you can also take a virtual tour.

Sources of reference: Ikea, Curbed