Hotels and resorts
Add rooms where a conventional building would be slow to permit. Units arrive finished, and every guest gets a view instead of a corridor.
- Guest cabins and suites
- Staff housing
- A site that runs on its own sun and water
Small homes that run on sun and rain.
Prefabricated 18–24 m² living units, built from local materials and linked into clusters that share energy and water.
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About
We build homes that leave the land as they found it.
NestAshiyan designs compact living units, and the shared systems that tie them together. A single studio, a small resort, or a municipal cluster can run largely on its own sun and water.
Each unit is built from local materials, leaves the workshop finished, and sits on steel stilts so the ground underneath stays intact. Linked together, the homes share energy and water instead of drawing more than they need.
- Living area
- 18–24 m²
- On-site placement
- 1 day
- Foundation
- Steel stilts
Specification
What a unit is made of.
Taken from the unit drawings: a timber skin, a demountable frame, and fittings that arrive already in place.
Vertical timber cladding
Used for Exterior walls
A repairable skin that weathers without a painted finish.
Sheep-wool insulation
Used for Roof and wall build-up
Breathable insulation that regulates moisture in the timber assembly.
Reclaimed wood
Used for Interior cladding
Warm to the touch, and a second life for timber that already exists.
Double-glazed envelope
Used for Windows and glass walls
Holds the heat while giving a small plan a long view.
Exterior sandwich panels
Used for Opaque wall modules
Factory-finished panels that close the envelope tightly.
Black metal frame
Used for Primary structure
A precise, demountable frame that prefabricates cleanly.
Steel stilts and wood platform
Used for Foundation and deck
No excavation and no concrete slab. The ground stays intact.
Insulated floor cassette
Used for Floor and services
Structure, insulation and the MEP runs travel as one piece.
Integrated fittings
Used for Wet unit, Murphy bed, table
The room is fully fitted before it leaves the workshop.
| Material | Used for | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Vertical timber cladding | Exterior walls | A repairable skin that weathers without a painted finish. |
| Sheep-wool insulation | Roof and wall build-up | Breathable insulation that regulates moisture in the timber assembly. |
| Reclaimed wood | Interior cladding | Warm to the touch, and a second life for timber that already exists. |
| Double-glazed envelope | Windows and glass walls | Holds the heat while giving a small plan a long view. |
| Exterior sandwich panels | Opaque wall modules | Factory-finished panels that close the envelope tightly. |
| Black metal frame | Primary structure | A precise, demountable frame that prefabricates cleanly. |
| Steel stilts and wood platform | Foundation and deck | No excavation and no concrete slab. The ground stays intact. |
| Insulated floor cassette | Floor and services | Structure, insulation and the MEP runs travel as one piece. |
| Integrated fittings | Wet unit, Murphy bed, table | The room is fully fitted before it leaves the workshop. |
Product
One shell. Two lengths.
Every unit shares the same frame, envelope and fittings. Choose the length that suits the site and the people living in it.
18 m²
Studio
A guest cabin, a garden studio, or a first home.
- Living area
- 18 m²
- Sleeps
- 2
- Foundation
- Steel stilts
- Wet room
- Integrated module
- Sleeping
- Murphy bed
- Day use
- Fold-down table
Systems
A roof, a water loop, a shared surplus.
The same unit can be lived in as a service — shelter, energy and water held together — or placed for a household, an operator or a municipality.
01
Solar roof
Each unit is planned to generate its own power, and to pass on what it does not use.
02
Greywater recycling
Water from the shower and sink is designed to be filtered on board and reused, cutting fresh-water demand by up to 70%.
03
Shared energy
Linked units balance what they make and what they use, so a cluster draws less from outside.
Clusters
Units that share what they make.
Connect several units and they become a small neighbourhood. An energy loop and a water loop run between them, and a shared hub stores and treats what they pass on.
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Three-dimensional model of seven units joined by a shared loop. Drag with a pointer to look around, or use the unit buttons to inspect one.
Scene
Roofs make more than the units use. The surplus travels round the loop, and the hub stores what is left.
- Solar generation
- 0.0kW
- Consumption
- 0.0kW
- Battery
- 0% charged
- Greywater reused
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Simulated readings for illustration.
Inspecting
Whole site
7 units and one shared hub. Hover or tap any of them to see what it is doing.
- Sending surplus
- Drawing
- Empty
An illustration of the idea. Scenes and readings are simulated, not measured on a live site.
Studies
Drawing studies of the same idea.
L-plan
Angled
Long bar
A-frame
Black gable
Timber gable
Services
Who a unit is for.
The shell stays the same. The brief changes with the client.
Municipalities
Dignified housing, placed quickly, and able to move when local needs change. Useful after a disaster, and useful as starter homes.
- Recovery and starter housing
- A neighbourhood in weeks, not years
- Shared energy and water
People
A small home, a studio in the garden, or a retreat at the end of a road. One unit is enough to start.
- Homes and holiday cabins
- Garden studios
- Off-grid retreats
Process
From empty site to switched on.
01
Site visit
We study sun, access, ground and water on your land.
02
Plan and permits
Layout, unit mix and the paperwork that lets the project proceed.
03
Build
Units are made in the workshop in 8–12 weeks while the site is prepared.
04
Place and connect
Stilts go in, units are lifted on and joined. About a day per unit.
05
Run
The homes are lived in, and the shared systems are looked after for the life of the site.
Contact
Tell us about your site.
One cabin or a whole cluster. We reply with a first reading of the land.