Method recently partnered with Cascadia Green Building Council and Built Green on a happy hour event at Urbanata to get ramped up for the Living Future unConference that will take place this Spring in downtown Seattle from May 15–17.Part of the ramp up was an introduction for some to the SEED (Sustainable Education Every Day) Classroom. Method recently announced their partnership as the exclusive modular builder for SEED Collaborative, an organization committed to bringing inspirational learning spaces to students around the world.SEED Classroom is a Living Building Challenge learning space that reduces cost of operation and maintenance through zero-water and zero-energy design strategies and 100-year construction. SEED also provides the tools for teachers to use the building as a living laboratory as the basis for applied STEM, art and social studies curriculum.The first SEED Classroom will be unveiled at the 2013 unConference before traveling to its final destination in Jasper where it will serve 3 local schools. Method is proud to be in partnership with the SEED Collaborative as the modular builder and looks forward to the dialogue and action sparked by the prototype.Check out the gallery of highlights from the happy hour at Urbanata, including the crowd listening to SEED Collaborative Executive Director Stacy Smedley giving an inspiring introduction to the project.The prototype is now under construction in the factory…more on the build and information on the Jasper SEED Classroom launch at the unConference coming soon.
Over the past two days, we have been in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood on the set of the new Taproot Theatre Annex. The set was a collaborative effort and a big success. Everything was smooth sailing getting the modules into the city, the cooperative weather (thanks Seattle) and our amazing set crew, allowing us to finish a day earlier than planned.Here are some highlights – from the modules rolling into town to a preview of the theatre’s new interior.
The first modular units arrived Monday for Taproot Theatre Co.'s $3.5 million expansion in the Greenwood arts district of Seattle. About 13 modules were scheduled to come yesterday and another eight will arrive today and Wednesday.
Method is extremely excited to be wrapping Taproot Theatre modules for their trip to the site next week. The 21-module set of the expansion will take place over three days in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood. Stay tuned as we document the set of over 8,000 square feet of modular.
Method Prefab, a division of Method Homes, recently announced that they're partnering with Seattle non-profit SEED Collaborative on their SEED Classroom project, an environmentally-friendly school room concept.The SEED Classroom prototype is currently being constructed and will be unveiled in Seattle during the International Living Future Institute UnConference in May. Eventually, the Classroom will travel to Alberta where it will serve three schools.Thanks to this and other projects, Method, whom you may know from their prefab work around Washington, has recently doubled production space in their Ferndale factory.
The angular house with its brow jutting over the front entrance isn't birthed from the same blueprint as the older bungalows lining Northeast Ivy Street. And that's exactly the point.
Built in Method Homes'manufacturing facility in Ferndale, Wash., the prefabricated HOMB house -- the name resonated with the developers as a play on the word "home," it sounded warm and inviting, and the 100-square-foot modules resemble a honeycomb -- was craned into place last fall and placed on a site-built basement level. The "set," as that adventure is called, drew quite a crowd of onlookers, says Jeff Kovel, founder of Skylab Architecture, which partnered with Method Homes on the project.
Brian Abramson, co-founder of Method, called Kovel out of the blue back in 2010 and described to him the prefabricated line of products Method Homes had been working on, including a HOMB cabin. He and his partner, Mark Rylant, wanted to explore an urban series of prefabricated houses and wondered if Kovel might be interested in that.
The Method team is nearing completion on our second Friday Harbor Method Cabin. The new cabin is a Model 3 from our Cabin Series by Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects. The home is scheduled to leave the shop early next week for a barge trip out to the San Juan Islands.The house exterior is complete and waiting on its final coat of paint. The cold roof is being pre-cut to ship with the modules to install on site. The home’s doors, trim, and cabinets have all just arrived at the factory ready to be installed before shipping.The small modern cabin is 1,512 square feet with two beds and two baths and features pine ceilings, electric radiant heating, high efficiency hot water heat, bamboo hardwood floors, curbless showers, recycled eco-concrete countertops, and a reclaimed fir bar top. The home's amazing final site is located near a secluded Pacific Ocean cove. Set photos coming soon…
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