Pacific Coast Cabins are rugged luxury cabins, handcrafted with environmentally friendly materials, custom built, flat-packed and delivered to your location.
These round house kits easily assemble into efficiency studios, rural guesthouses, beach huts, art studios, and home offices, and are ideal for eco-resort lodging, luxury camping and affordable housing.
These round house kits easily assemble into efficiency studios, rural guesthouses, beach huts, art studios, and home offices, and are ideal for eco-resort lodging, luxury camping and affordable housing.
Round in shape, featuring the warm glow of wood and natural lighting,
our cabin design was inspired by a love of wild and beautiful places.
WHY ROUND?
Humanity has enjoyed the benefits of round shelter for well over 10,000 years. At one time, round symmetrical shelter enhanced survival by providing the strongest, most stable structure. Today, a round home provides a strong sense of comfort and well being by reflecting the natural environment humans evolved in.
A round house was also symbolic at one time, in that it once served as an "imago mundi" or model of the cosmos. Indigenous peoples who viewed the world as round, organic and interconnected, rather than linear and mechanical, modeled their shelter to symbolically reflect their experience. All around the planet we find round shelter to be the very first living space constructed by humans. Structures such as the African rondavel, Spanish palloza, Navaho hogan, Lakota tipi, Samoan beach fale, Fijian bure, North American wigwam, Anasazi kiva, European roundhouse, Mongolian yurt, the round houses of Jericho - the first known town, the trulli of Southern Italy, the Inuit igloo and many others, all provide round living environments.
A round house was also symbolic at one time, in that it once served as an "imago mundi" or model of the cosmos. Indigenous peoples who viewed the world as round, organic and interconnected, rather than linear and mechanical, modeled their shelter to symbolically reflect their experience. All around the planet we find round shelter to be the very first living space constructed by humans. Structures such as the African rondavel, Spanish palloza, Navaho hogan, Lakota tipi, Samoan beach fale, Fijian bure, North American wigwam, Anasazi kiva, European roundhouse, Mongolian yurt, the round houses of Jericho - the first known town, the trulli of Southern Italy, the Inuit igloo and many others, all provide round living environments.
A round structure reflects for us the shape of the natural world.
Biomimicry, the modern practice of imitating nature in design, encourages us to create structures that resemble the natural world, and to design homes not just for shelter, but for well-being. Research shows that built environments affect our emotional and cognitive health and that good architecture has the ability to reduce stress. Rounded features are found to be more attractive and relaxing than rectangular features. A functional MRI study conducted by the National Academy of Sciences showed that "participants were more likely to judge spaces as beautiful if they were curvilinear rather than rectilinear."
"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."
- W. Churchill
Psychosocial Value of Space | Whole Building Design Guide
Benefits of Round Houses
The benefits of round houses also include greater energy efficiency, higher wind resistance, less material cost to build, greater strength, durability and flexibility, and safer during earthquakes than rectangular structures.
WHY WOOD?
Our preference for natural materials may be a product of our biology. Enjoying the warmth of wood may be an example of our natural affection for living things, or biophilia.
Surrounding ourselves with natural materials connects us to an authentic, real world.
A University of British Columbia study found that the visual presence of wood surfaces in a room lowers stress levels through biophilia. http://nordic.ca/data/files/publication/Wood_Human_Health_final-single.pdf
Wood may be our most environmentally friendly building material when sustainably harvested.
Pacific Coast Cabins are house kits built for those who appreciate natural living.
Our cabin kits are free of the toxic building materials often used in standard residential construction. No vinyl, paint, plastic, varnish, glues or urea-formaldehyde is used in our kits. We use only sustainably harvested wood, steel fasteners, building paper, steel roofing, plywood and natural oil finishes.
These cabins rest lightly on the land with an expected lifespan of well over 50 years, yet can be set up to be disassembled or moved if needed. Light, semi-permanent foundation work can be used and then removed, virtually without a trace if ever desired. Our prefab building methods generate 50-75% less waste than conventional construction, and our round structures use 20% less materials than rectangular structures of the same size.
We do everything we can to build high-quality, life-enhancing shelter without harming the natural environment.
Nature presents our best reference point.
"We have nothing but good things to say about Pacific Coast Cabins...a joy to work with from start to finish. The cabin feels custom and serene and exceeded our expectations. Thank you!" - C.A.
"Outstanding design and beautifully constructed. I would highly recommend this company" - W.R.
"The cabin is a joy to inhabit..... feels expansive, warm and light. It has been carefully crafted with an aesthetic attention to detail...... Plenty of enthusiasm, creativity and good vibes went into the construction and it was a pleasure to work with Pacific Coast Cabins." - G.K.
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