Established in 2005, Kanzen Home is a working laboratory addressing the problem of the affordable single family home. We hope to make affordable living more comfortable, sustainable, and secure - more enlightened - through the application of simple building methods and good design.
“It is not that we expect to achieve perfection but that, in the pursuit of perfection, we might arrive at a more enlightened & sustainable way of living.”
Single family home on an individual property.
Single dwelling on a moveable platform or foundation.
Simple platform bed with modernist design.
Limit impact on the land with materials and processes that reduce waste.
Modular design to let the homeowner do much of the work.
Elegant and comfortable design to make a building a home.
Our design principles include simple design, clerestory natural lighting, passive solar radiant floor heating, and superinsulation with an easy to build design that affords a person or family the ability to build their own home with limited help and at reasonable cost.