# Living Eco-Homes The Self-Sufficient House Grows Along with Its Occupants By Michael Hines | Published 2011-03-30 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/self-sufficient-house References: [ecofriend](http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/presenting-the-self-sufficient-house-a-house-that-can-evolve-along-with-its-inhabitants/) & [architizer](http://www.architizer.com/en_us/people/profile/iana_kozak/) The Self-Sufficient House by Iana Kozak is a house that literally lives and dies with its occupants. The Self-Sufficient House would be embedded with living cells to help the house become self-regulating. The house's cells would be placed all throughout the house and would help regulate everything from the heating to electricity. The most interesting aspect of the cells is their ability to create [new rooms in the house](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/modular-offgrid-house). When a child is born, the Self-Sufficient House automatically creates a new room that grows with the child, with the room eventually contracting and disappearing when a person dies. The entire house would, of course, be [eco-friendly](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rewild-homes), utilizing [solar power](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-wanda) and recycled water. As interesting as Kozak's design is, it seems a little too advanced for the current state of technology. I'd look for this one sometime around 2200. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.5/10 - Popularity: 52% | Activity: 74% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Self-regulating Homes:** Opportunities for disruptive innovation in creating more integrated and autonomous homes that use living cells to self-regulate heating and electricity. - **Adaptive Architecture:** Opportunities for disruptive innovation in creating self-adjusting homes that grow and contract with their occupants, potentially even allowing for more efficient use of space. - **Eco-friendly Living:** Opportunities for disruptive innovation in sustainable living solutions through the use of solar power, recycled water and efficient home construction. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Architecture:** Disruptive innovation opportunities in designing and creating self-regulating and adaptive homes that use living cells to self-regulate heating and electricity based on the occupants' needs and movements. - **Renewable Energy:** Disruptive innovation opportunities in developing adaptive technology that can generate and store renewable energy in self-regulating homes which could also be used by other buildings in their vicinity. - **Smart Home Systems:** Disruptive innovation opportunities in developing more comprehensive smart home systems that can utilize the living cells in self-regulating homes to provide more immersive and personalized user experiences. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Solar Powered Compact Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/e55000.md) - [Self-Designed Evolving Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/six-columns.md) - [Off-Grid Self-Sufficient Island Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/earth-house.md) - [Self-Sufficient Housing Models](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ripple.md) - [Next-Generation Egg-Shaped Tiny Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ecocapsule-nextgen.md) - [Climate-Responsive Prefab Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drop-pod.md) - [Shape‑shifting Retreats](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/modular-offgrid-house.md) - [Eco-Focused Family Housing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rewild-homes.md) - [Climate-Managing Greenhouse Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/livable-greenhouse.md)