Peace House Project

Studio Artemell

Project description

The Peace House Project is a concept to create and provide a tiny house with aspiration for a space of peace and modern, sustainable living, which has the ambitious goal to provide sustainable living for all, globally applicable, with a focus on conserving resources and providing a healthy environment. The first peace house is an 18.2 sq meter tiny house with a patio designed to be energy efficient with environmentally conscious materials and sustainable appliances aimed to reduce one’s footprint on the surrounding ecology. While ordinary homes are compartmentalized, this home is small but is an open and fluid living space free from clutter to reflect and venture into the open space beyond, closer to nature. It is not only about creating a solitary, static space for reflection; instead, the peace house is an invitation to explore what peace means to you and is a frame for the process of finding out the necessity for that peace. The world in which we now live is overwhelming. In contemporary society people are focused on so much and at the same time so little. The world is vast and yet fits in our pocket. Therefore, the central question in this project is what do we really need in our lives to live peacefully? Those questions are explored through reflection and are tied to our inner peace. We find a house and turn it into a home based on who we share our lives with and the materials we fill a space with. However, why not build a space around us that inspire us to think about peace? The peace house is not just a house designed for one to live but is also the development of a conceptual framework of peace. How can we design a new way of living that doesn’t confine to space, rather focused on peace, community, sustainability, and functionality? A personal temple of peace.