Click here to check out my ongoing effort to build and live in one of these houses.
I encourage you to check out the model and let me know what you think. If all goes well, I'll be building this thing before spring.
Using Wikihouse's open library of components, I have begun work on designing my own house. I've started documenting all of my work here:
I've also been reaching out to local colleges to see if their architecture programs would be interested in participating in some way.
While I work on that design, I want to experiment with different types of plywood. OSB seems to be readily available, cheap, and easy to work with.
Before I go and cut an entire house out of plywood, I've decided to build something simpler: A shed.
To design this shed, I started out with one of the Wikihouse modules. Since I needed to resize it I ended up using their model as a guide, and I have drawn this entire model from scratch. I've re-worked many of the joints based on my experience of building one in NYC. You can download the model and take a look if you'd like.
The other day we had a customer email into us and request the ability to create their own doors. While we can't offer that service just yet, we did create the doors he needed and added them to the plugin. Check out these two new doors called "Adelphi" that feature metal channels on the top and bottom. Don't worry, if you don't want cherry red you can change the color. Do you have a door you need? Send it to us and we'll accommodate you if we can! Just send us a message by clicking on the support tab in the plugin, or going here.
Don't forget we're still running our $1 for one full week (normally $25) so now you can jump on that deal with your credit card! (no strings attached, just $1 for a full week of access)
If you haven't heard, we've launched new payment plans for our plugin. You can now pay for a day, a week or a month at a time depending on how much you need to use the plugin. To kick things off, we're giving any new users an entire week for 1$. This is normally $25, but we're pretty excited about the plugin and want everyone to try it out. This is a non recurring subscription, so just give us a buck and we'll give you a week to play, no strings attached.
How do you try it for a dollar? Just go here to download and install the plugin. Once you're in it, you can purchase a "professional" account right in the plugin window in Sketchup by using PayPal