Black Aluminum and Cedar Wrap a Traveling Couple’s Tiny Home
French builder Baluchon created Ala Köl for their clients’ life on the road.
French builder Baluchon created Ala Köl for their clients’ life on the road.
Ala Köl, the latest design from Baluchon—the French company that designs and builds custom tiny homes for people around the world—was inspired by wanderlust.
Nina and Guillaume, the couple who commissioned Ala Köl (pronounced "cool"), have a penchant for travel, so when they approached Baluchon about creating a tiny home–on–wheels, their biggest concern was size: The structure had to be large enough to accommodate everything they needed, but small enough to be towed legally.
Ala Köl, the most recent design imagined by Tiny House Baluchon for a couple who love to travel, is clad with black aluminum, cedar, and glass.
Tiny House Baluchon
The power for the tiny home–on–wheels comes from a standard RV-style hookup.
Tiny House Baluchon
With a length that measures 19.6 feet, Ala Köl is clad in cedar and black aluminum. The aluminum wraps one side of the tiny home and continues on the roof, creating a waterfall-like effect. Slim, vertical cedar boards lend texture for the three remaining elevations. The juxtaposition of the two materials—in combination with a saltbox-style roof form—provides a striking, sculptural aesthetic for the micro home.
The dining area displays a solid French walnut table that extends and can accommodate up to four people.
Tiny House Baluchon
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