Small But Sustainable: Finland?s Minimalist A-Frame Nolla Cabin - architecture and design

Small But Sustainable: Finland?s Minimalist A-Frame Nolla Cabin



How often can you enjoy views this good for a mere $35 a night without sleeping in a tent" Newly available for rent on Airbnb, this Finnish gem is small but mighty with its beautifully simple A-frame design and nearly all-wood construction. Measuring just under 97 square feet, the Nolla Cabin is a zero-emissions getaway on the island of Vallisaari, which itself is located just off the coast of Helsinki. One side of the cabin’s steeply sloped roof is mirrored, and the other is covered in solar panels to help make it entirely self-sufficient.

You won?t find much more technology than that in this sweet little pine plywood cabin. Nolla?s creator, Robin Falck, envisions the mobile structure as a place where visitors can escape the chaos of modern life and all the ?stuff? that goes along with it. Originally commissioned by Finnish renewable energy company Neste as part of their “Journey to Zero” campaign, the cabin demonstrates a way of living that bears a minimal carbon footprint while focusing on the joys of interacting with nature. ?One aspect that I wanted to bring to the design is movability,? says Falck. ?Why tear up the surroundings and leave the environment in pieces [only] to slowly recover. Having a solution you can carry by hand to the chosen location, you can start enjoying your stay as if it has always been there ? or hasn?t.?

He adds: ?The cabin structures have been fastened together with screws, so it can be taken apart and put back togethe...
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