The Pebble

Through the combination of beautiful intelligent design, more sustainable building materials and modern manufacturing technology we can create better spaces that exceed peoples’ expectations and reduce the impact buildings have on the environment. We believe in rethinking our ways, challenging the present and improving the future. Designed by Kristoffer Tejlgaard the Pebble can be used for micro living, as a luxury hotel suite, holiday cabin or commercial venue. Manufactured using new technologies that allow the precise fabrication of materials it is significant in its build, material choice and geometry. It has the qualities of a modern building whilst being light-weight and movable. Built for disassembly, eventual decommission is given equal importance to that of initial construction. Each panel digitally modelled and machined to produce a prefabricated building that is quick to manufacture, deliver and build. It has been conceived to make it especially suitable for construction in hard-to-access areas. Every part sized to be easily handled, transported and assembled on site by a few individuals with basic tools. The use of renewable laminated veneer lumber lowers the Pebble’s carbon footprint and stores CO2 and combined with recyclable plastics it enables the construction of a stronger structure that uses less materials and demands fewer natural resources. A curved double-glazed plastic window makes up a quarter of the façade creating a unique connection to daylight, nature and the night sky. Incorporating a heated arced window seat, it offers occupants relaxing views through the window that wraps above and around. Ellipsoid in shape the Pebble’s geometry, inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome designs, focuses on maximising usable space with fewer materials, its organic form providing a unique connection to nature. As a tension structure its oval shape is self-supporting and it can be partitioned into multiple spaces depending on need.