Prefab FitHouse 2009 by Resolution 4 Architecture Heads to Hamptons

Cooking Light magazine recently announced that its 2009 FitHouse will be located in Sagaponack, New York; its FitHouse initiative has been ongoing since 2002 and promotes healthy living through a home that features green design, construction, products, and landscaping. Next year’s FitHouse will be designed by Manhattan-based Resolution 4 Architecture as a 3000-square-foot, modern, prefabricated four-bedroom home. In addition to a variety of green features, the house will also include a pool and bocce court.

Res 4 principal Joseph Tanney will supervise both design and construction phases of the project and also plans to seek an unspecified level of LEED certification for the Fithouse. According to Mr. Tanney, green building technology- particularly prefabricated construction- has become more affordable and easier to disseminate over the past few years. “More and more modern architects are attempting to do this,” he noted. “This idea has really gained traction.”

Prefabrication of the Fithouse’s structural components- which include ten different modules- will take place in a Pennsylvania factory. The house will also include a geothermal heating and cooling system, solar panels, and a graywater system.

The FitHouse should be completed by the end of next summer and will be featured in the October 2009 edition of Cooking Light.

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