The Futuro House 1968 (Florida, United States): MidCentury Modern


The Futuro House
The Futuro House was designed by the Finnish Architect Matti Suuronen in 1968 as a Ski Chalet. Although the project was originally designed as a Ski Chalet, it was advertised to the public as a prefabricated home that could be both assembled and installed in any area on any topography. The project that resulted in the futuro house needed to be a small chalet that could be moved from its initial site if needed. So it was constructed from plastic with the main loads on the house being supported by a metal ring and four legs that could be changed to up to a twenty degree angle. Making this building easily interchangeable from site to site. The plastic material that the building is constructed of is a fiberglass-reinforced plastic. By using this material, Matti Suuronen significantly reduced the weight of the house and simultaneously acted as a strong insulator. By using this fiberglass-reinforced plastic, Suuronen was easily able to mold the shape into the curved form of the building as it was a very flexible and manipulable material.Similar to the of a conceptual alien spaceship, the prefabricated house is accessible through a staircase cut into the bottom of the “spaceship”. All units of the Futuro House were created with an open plan. This consisted of an open living dining and kitchen space. To complement the open living quarters, the home also consisted of a private restroom and bedroom. These spaces utilize a 558 square foot area. To compliment the futuristic building itself, specialized furniture was produced in order to match the futuristic aesthetic. By doing so, the Prefabricated buildings could be sold as a full furnished entity. Despite the potential of the prefabricated homes, less than one hundred were sold by the time production concluded because of the oil crisis which caused the price of plastic to drastically increase. 
Futuro: Tomorrow's House from Yesterday, Marko Home, Mika Taanila

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