This tiny house has luxurious interiors and the shape of a meteorite

The PEBL Grand is the latest project from Hello Wood, a Hungarian studio specialising in the design and construction of prototype cabins. With the PEBL Grand, however, the micro-house — which typically makes use of regular surfaces precisely because they are more adaptable to small living spaces — is subverted in favour of a completely irregular design. The shape is intended to resemble a pebble, with faceted surfaces that create a 'low poly' volume – a term borrowed from digital design – breaking with the typical modular repetition of prefabricated housing and giving way to a style reminiscent of the space age. Other projects are moving in this direction, such as the Chinese capsules that have become hugely popular on Instagram. Once again, the focus is on a specific clientele: people who choose to live in small spaces, typically for short holidays.

So in an area reduced to a few square meters, Hello Wood fits a king-size bed, then a kitchen, bathroom and even a panoramic sauna. A typical paradox of the contemporary microhouse: compressing hotel suite functions into a minimal shell. But the living function is not the only one promoted by the Hungarian firm, which in fact launches the "product" for the first time on the rooftop of a club in Brooklyn, transforming the pods into luxury dressing rooms with panoramic views of the New York skyline.

The construction system consists of a three-dimensional glulam structure combined with insulating and waterproof layers, made by Cnc technology, used to cut the slabs so that they fit perfectly together. This approach reduces material waste, shortens assembly time, and paves the way for irregular geometries that are difficult to achieve with traditional prefabs. 

The capsules can be fully prefabricated, assembled, and delivered turnkey-ready throughout Europe, while for more distant locations they are shipped flat-packed in standard sea containers and assembled by the studio's team. On-site installation of the prefabricated cabin takes approximately one day. The texture of the casing can be customised, with options including mirror, wood, aluminium or stone - to give the impression of a meteorite resting on the ground.