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Four Walls Architecture Subscribe to The Tiny House Movement

Thursday 23 March 2017, 1:23PM

By Beckie Wright

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There is a lot of activity on the internet, and in the media generally, to do with the Tiny House Movement, including a serial television show, Tiny House Nation, in 2014 and Tiny House Hunters. The possibility of building one's own home has fueled the movement, which is a description for the architectural and social movement that advocates living simply in small homes.

 

At Four Walls Architecture they advocate tightly and efficiently planned architecture, as they say, why is it necessary to have huge houses with massive spaces, that cost a lot to build, heat and clean?

 

Building a ‘tiny’ house may be a challenge for some people, and maybe most clients don’t want to build 30 square metres for a four person family, but its ideals are applicable to any new home – build smaller, smarter and use less land and material resources and money in the process.

 

Here in New Zealand the Tiny House market is developing as a response to housing affordability issues, particularly in Auckland  and the issue has garnered an appeal to change planning regulations in regard to small secondary homes on existing lots.

 

The Tiny House Movement is a social movement where people are choosing to downsize the space they live in. The typical New Zealand home is around 2,600 square feet, whereas the typical small or tiny house is between 100 and 400 square feet. Tiny houses come in all shapes, sizes, and forms, but they enable simpler living in a smaller, more efficient space. People are joining this movement for many reasons, but the most popular reasons include environmental concerns, financial concerns, and the desire for more time and freedom.

 

With the current ‘housing crisis’ in Auckland there are lessons to be learned and applied and the Tiny House Movement may help people learn about another way to live their lives.

 

Amy Hendry and her team at Four Walls Architecture are there to talk to you about every type of well thought out architecture, so visit the website now at http://www.fourwallsarchitecture.co.nz.