ABOUT Origen Architects works together with clients to advance ecologically sustainable development, which aims to combine the environmental, economic and social aspects together into a cohesive whole or 'green building'. The next challenge for 'green building' is to evolve into a living building which creates an inherent sense of well being. Origen Architecture is informed by the origin of all things and referencing/reverencing 'beginnings'. Nature provides the basis for solutions to all design, energy, light /colour, materials, water, and engineering decisions, as we learn to recognise sustainable natural systems. Each project is regionally responsive to its sense of place; bio-climatically responsive to climate and geography, interacting inside and outside of the building envelope including transitional spaces, to the changing seasons and time of day. Bio-mimicry provides the guidelines to dynamic and original solutions to design challenges utilizing new and evolving materials, both technologically recent developments and re-energised ancient practice, e.g. nano scaled structured colour dyes, that mimic butterfly wings, nautilus spiral flow pumps, termite mound self-sufficient cities, rough surface additives for self-cleaning. Our buildings are passively responsive to climate temperature extremes and require minimum heating and cooling. Our transportable buildings are cyclone rated for all extremes of weather events. As we look to natural systems for inspiration and sustainable solutions we believe that our architecture will become transformative; connecting nature and people, in our cities, towns and homes. ILBOA Housing The main feature of ILBOA housing is the use of super lightweight Industrial Light Beam (ILB), a patented technique using half the weight of steel for structural equivalence. The design uses a rigid frame to handle transport containerisation and the rigour of road transport. The side of one module folds down to become the joining floor and the side of the other module folds up to become the joining roof. A further saving of transported weight and space! Contact us today for more information.