This Off-Grid Tiny Home Is One Retiree Couple’s Permanent Vacation
The 182-square foot design by Madeiguincho includes self-sustaining systems that allow the couple to stay checked out as long as the like.
The 182-square-foot home by Madeiguincho includes self-sustaining systems designed to allow the couple to stay checked out as long as they like.
For some, retirement means getting away from it all. For others, it’s all about simplifying. For yet another set, it’s both. One retired couple hired Gonçalo Marrote and João Filipe of Portuguese architecture and woodworking studio Madeiguincho to build them an off-grid tiny home that gets by on its own.
Photo by João Carranca
Photo by João Carranca
"We wanted to create a self-sustaining dwelling with solar power, rainwater collection for showering and kitchen reuse, a dry toilet, and outdoor garden beds, all to close the waste loop," says Marrote.
Photo by João Carranca
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