ExoSett story

Reshaping a home

As children leave home, a household may need less space but still want to stay in the place it knows. This story illustrates a home becoming smaller by releasing accommodation modules, allowing space within the building to be reconfigured for another household while existing residents remain in their home.

A modern ExoSett residential building above a podium, with three empty accommodation cells, four new pods waiting at street level, a crane and an installation frame.
Empty cells and new pods show how homes can be rearranged as residents’ needs change. This story illustration is intended to depict a scene from the story rather than accurately represent ExoSett engineering or a finished ExoSett design.

We were among the first residents to move into the building. At the time, all four of our children were still at home, so we took nine cells arranged as a three-storey, 3 × 3 home.

It was perfect.

The children had their rooms on the lower floor. The middle level held the family living space, with the entrance opening into a large open-plan kitchen and living area. Our bedroom, a spare room and some office space occupied the top floor.

Over the years, the children grew up and left home. Suddenly, our home felt much larger than we needed.

We still love living here, so rather than move away, we decided to downsize. We are giving up the three accommodation modules that form the lower floor of our home.

The vacated cells were soon taken by a young professional couple moving to the area. They wanted a four-module home, with space for children in the future. After some negotiation between neighbours, four adjacent cells could be made available for them.

Next week, the crane arrives.

It will remove our three lower pods, move several neighbouring pods to their new positions, and install four new ones for the incoming residents.

The building stays the same.

The homes within it simply evolve.

This story illustrates how an ExoSett system might be used. Actual implementations would require project-specific engineering, detailed design and any necessary regulatory approval.

What this story illustrates

ExoSett residential buildings can adapt as the needs of their residents change. Homes can become larger or smaller, and space can be redistributed within the building without demolishing or substantially rebuilding the supporting structure.