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Take a tour of this fossil-fuel-free house designed by MIT alumni architects

Read more on the Slice of MIT blog about Meelena Turkel MArch '08 and Joel Turkel MArch '99 and their work at Turkel Design: http://bit.ly/33kkSXZ To some, “high end” and “prefab” may sound mutually exclusive, but Meelena (Oleksiuk) Turkel MArch ’08 and Joel Turkel MArch ’99 are proving that the two elements make an excellent pair. “One of the reasons that we started Turkel Design was that we wanted to promote a different type of building, one that was more appropriate for our modern way of living,” says Meelena. “One that was more environmentally conscious.” Their latest prefab endeavor is a house built for their family in Palm Springs, California that is powered completely by renewable energy. "We had been wanting for some time to create kind of an exhibition project for the practice," says Joel. "Create a piece that we could use to show people what we're capable of and what we think a home should be." The house is made entirely from engineered wood, including wood byproducts that would otherwise go to waste. There are multiple uses for every room, to optimize the use of the space. And it is a “zero threshold” home (meaning there are no stairs or other hard-to-navigate barriers or transitions), designed for aging in place. The home also operates at net-zero energy, thanks to the solar panels on the roof and other methods of passive heating and cooling. According to Joel, they never have to buy fossil fuels again. #massachusettsinstituteoftechnology #architecture #prefab #modernism #sustainability Thumbnail image: Photo by 22 Waves Courtesy of Dwell