Hometta is an innovative web-based house design delivery company, launched in June 2009. It is an entirely web-based set of tools that allows prospective homeowners to engage architecture as a product, while improving the design quality of single family houses built today. Rather than trying to reconceive how single family residences are produced and delivered (pre-fab model), Hometta modifies current modes of architecture practice to align with market driven building production. A client purchases modern home plans online and contracts a local builder to construct the design. Hometta will be the first subscription based open-source house design system that allows architects and designers to participate directly in the housing industry. Interloop-Architecture Principal Dawn Finley is a founding partner of Hometta.
Monthly Archives: March 2008
HHMI Janelia Farm Housing
Janelia Farm Research Campus is a scientific research center, located on a 689 acre property in Loudoun County, Virginia, on the bank of the Potomac River. Existing facilities opened in 2006 and include a research laboratory building (by architect Raphael Viñoly), conference housing, and visitor housing. The campus leads Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s neuroscience research labs, competing globally for the top post-docs, fellows, and scientific staff. At Janelia, emphasis is placed upon collaboration and team-based research.