IKEA is the place to go for people looking to furnish their abodes with affordable, aesthetically pleasing furniture, and now you can get an entire house from here with the Aktiv line.
Aktiv is the collaborative work of designers from IKEA and Oregon-based design firm Ideabox. It has all the essentials of any proper domicile: bathroom, kitchen, bedroom and living room. It also boasts sleek IKEA appliances, from counter depth refrigerators to cabinet-faced dishwashers and ovens. The prefabricated house manages to incorporate all of this in a modest 745 square feet while somehow maintaining an open concept design.
Owing to its prefabricated construction, Aktiv is not beholden to pesky foundations. If you plan on moving, you can take the house with you.
What's Driving This Trend
- Pre-fabricated Housing
- The collaboration between IKEA and Ideabox opens up opportunities for exploring innovations in home construction, and designs that can be built relatively quickly.
- Modular Furniture
- The Aktiv line features IKEA appliances and fixtures, which could inspire new lines of home goods and furniture.
- Sustainability
- Pre-formed housing is ideal for sustainable homes, opening up possibilities to reduce waste, energy use and resource consumption.
Who This Affects Most
- Housing and Construction
- This IKEA-Ideabox collaboration challenges concepts in traditional housing construction, making housing more accessible and affordable.
- Home Goods and Furniture
- The Aktiv line provides a platform to explore new designs for modular furniture and home fixtures.
- Sustainability and Renewable Energy
- The Aktiv line could usher in new possibilities for sustainable housing, with a focus on minimizing energy use and wider use of renewable energy sources.
