In case you missed it, click here for my story on the donation of cutting-edge prefabs to house Bainbridge Island farmers.
Called “Ikea meets iPod” by Building Design + Construction magazine shortly after they were unveiled in 2007, the small factory-built units were aimed at creating inexpensive workforce housing in Seattle while challenging the common perceptions about manufactured homes. With vegetated roofs, computer controlled lighting and heating and a sleek, ultra-modern design, the units were created with Seattle’s young urban professionals in mind.
Instead, the project’s two prototype units are headed to an old Bainbridge farm to house the island’s young rural farmers.
The Housing Resources Board has until mid-October to move the units. Until then, you can still see them at their current location atop Rainier Square in downtown Seattle (right below the Rainier Tower).
I’ll try and cover the move, which will involve cranes, flatbeds and a ferry trip across the sound.
