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Stagecoach

Carefree, AZ
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Stagecoach, built in Scottsdale, Arizona, is the first in a planned rollout of manufactured modular housing designed by Optima DCHGlobal, Inc..  Two offset modules measuring 18’x72’x10’ are joined at their long sides to create the house.  Another pair of modules – these measuring 18’x18’x10’ – are attached side by side to form the garage.

Design

The factory-produced structure is made of Vierendeel steel trusses that supply rigidity and strength and support long spans without diagonal members that would obscure views.  The house rests on just four concrete piers.  The exceptional strength of the truss was necessary to allow the enormous units to be carried by truck to the site and hoisted into place by crane. That process took less than one day with the first unit taking slightly more than one hour to install and the fourth clocking in at just seven minutes and eighteen seconds.  The units arrived on site fully furnished with everything from kitchen appliances and cabinetry to lighting fixtures and blinds and had only to be plugged into utilities.  Materials were left to speak for themselves: the steel is not painted, the concrete flooring is untreated and exposed plywood was left raw.

The house is two stories with the lower level terraced into a hillside with a non-structural concrete retaining wall at the rear and a shaded terrace at the front.

The home rests on the land very lightly.  Without on-site construction, it was possible to maintain the site’s integrity by leaving boulders and vegetation in place.  Ninety one percent of the site was left undisturbed.

The factory-produced structure is made of Vierendeel steel trusses that supply rigidity and strength and support long spans without diagonal members that would obscure views.  The house rests on just four concrete piers.  The exceptional strength of the truss was necessary to allow the enormous units to be carried by truck to the site and hoisted into place by crane. That process took less than one day with the first unit taking slightly more than one hour to install and the fourth clocking in at just seven minutes and eighteen seconds.  The units arrived on site fully furnished with everything from kitchen appliances and cabinetry to lighting fixtures and blinds and had only to be plugged into utilities.  Materials were left to speak for themselves: the steel is not painted, the concrete flooring is untreated and exposed plywood was left raw.

The house is two stories with the lower level terraced into a hillside with a non-structural concrete retaining wall at the rear and a shaded terrace at the front.

The home rests on the land very lightly.  Without on-site construction, it was possible to maintain the site’s integrity by leaving boulders and vegetation in place.  Ninety one percent of the site was left undisturbed.

Residences

Completed: 2021

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