Plywood furnishings turns 1990s van into cell house for Ecuadorian few

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Architects Juan Alberto Andrade and María José Váscones have reworked a Chevy van into a house-on-wheels for a youthful few that contains a kitchenette, a fold-up dining table and a total-sized mattress. The project, Dodo Van, involved the conversion of a 1993 van produced by the American car enterprise Chevrolet. […]

Architects Juan Alberto Andrade and María José Váscones have reworked a Chevy van into a house-on-wheels for a youthful few that contains a kitchenette, a fold-up dining table and a total-sized mattress.


The project, Dodo Van, involved the conversion of a 1993 van produced by the American car enterprise Chevrolet. The couple – a attorney and an environmental engineer – acquired the automobile for their travels and their perform with area communities.

Architects Juan Alberto Andrade and María José Váscones have transformed a van into a mini household

To oversee the conversion of the van, they turned to architects Juan Alberto Andrade and María José Váscones, who are based in Guayaquil and have also done an office in the metropolis.

The short for the van known as for making a basic residing surroundings in just its 5 square metres of area, and under its 1.86-metre ceiling.

“The area problems the area – developing a job that is flexible more than enough to adapt to distinct day-to-day scenarios and fixing the essential requirements of dwelling,” the designers stated.

A woman and her daughter sit at a table inside Dodo Van
The residence contains a kitchenette, fold-up dining desk and a position to snooze

The exterior was remaining generally untouched. In the van, the designers made a pared-down residing environment that involves a kitchenette, a lounge area, a portable table for having and performing, and a sleeping system for two people.

The van’s seating can accommodate the transportation of 6 travellers.

Plywood boxes and storage units inside Dodo Van
The architects experienced to produce one thing that was ready to adapt to everyday predicaments in just the limited place

Provider features were being included into the extensive sides of the auto, behind the entrance seats.

“Structure approaches have been formulated that permitted the house to be reworked into several configurations in accordance to its demands, primarily based on the final decision to liberate longitudinal circulation and keep the interior morphology of the auto,” the designers said.

Wooden counter tops inside the caravan
Cabinets open out and can be utilized to shop kitchen area utensils or act as counter tops

Occupying the front part is the compact kitchen, which capabilities several cupboards and a sink. Small, triangular cuts in the cupboard doors allow them to be opened devoid of the use of handles. A single of the doorways folds down and becomes a desk or countertop.

Future to the kitchen area is the dwelling place, in which the team positioned a bench containing storage space. In entrance of this place is a substantial trunk that hides the van’s moveable desk, which has legs that can be quickly taken on and off.

The rear furniture can be transformed into a system for a entire-sized mattress.

“The mattress is customized designed,” the designers reported. “It will involve 3 pieces that fold, producing them simpler to store.”

A grey mattress inside a mobile home
The mattress can be folded into three when not in use

Inside partitions are clad in six-millimetre-thick plywood, when 12- and 15-millimetre boards were being used for the flooring and home furniture.

A natural matte finish is meant to make the van feel much more roomy. Mineral wool was used to offer thermal and acoustical insulation on the ground, walls and ceiling.

Dodo Van parked on a road with its doors open
Even though the inside is lined with plywood, the exterior has been left largely untouched

The interior is run by an independent battery connected to the van’s alternator and a 110-volt transformer. The van has tanks for storing equally thoroughly clean and made use of drinking water.

Other cell dwellings incorporate a 1960s vacation trailer that Edmonds + Lee Architects transformed into an workplace and crash pad for a tech entrepreneur, and a canvas caravan by Belgian designer Axel Enthoven that is formed like the Sydney Opera Dwelling.

The images is by JAG Studio.


Task credits:

Architects in charge: Juan Alberto Andrade, María José Váscones
Collaborators: Cuqui Rodriguez
Providers: Masisa El Fortín, Mega Metales, Mega Kywi, Acimco
Local hand perform: Eusebio Tomalá

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