Prefabricated housing has “become fashionable” thanks to its fast delivery, adaptability to the landscape and respect for the environment. Woodville responds to this demand with its mohma mobile homes, using Garnica products, materials and wooden panels.
It is no secret that the pandemic greatly changed everyone’s lifestyle, and housing construction is no exception. Prefabricated houses have become trendy in the wake of the health crisis. This boom is due to the many advantages they provide over traditional housing, including high energy efficiency, control and simplicity throughout the process, faster delivery times, the use of natural and sustainable materials and their ability to adapt to all types of locations with minimal prior installation, thus implementing a new concept of simplicity and contact with nature.
Woodville, specialising in the design and construction of this type of mobile, sustainable, modular, wooden accommodation, was created to keep up with this trend and respond to the current demand for sustainable accommodation in nature, such as eco hotels, rural hotels, glamping sites and houses. Their first model, called mohma, is an innovating industrialised product manufactured in accordance with Passive House standards, which guarantees maximum energy efficiency and offers the possibility of off-grid use. Furthermore, it was designed by nationally and internationally renowned Spanish architects Fernando Oiza and Patxi Mangado, founder of Arquitectura y Sociedad.
When seeking to build such a high-quality product, the materials used are of utmost importance. Since wood is the main component used to manufacture mohma, Garnica's range of plywood products meets all the requirements for this type of construction: durability, thermal and acoustic insulation, lightness, ease of machining (resulting in shorter lead times and lower costs), treatment for outdoor use and, above all, sustainability throughout the manufacturing process and use of materials of European origin.
Thus, by virtue of its modularity and flexibility, which is typical of industrialised manufacturing, Woodville presents a design proposal in three sizes: 20.4 m2, 32.8 m2 and 45 m2 of floor space, perfectly adaptable to the landscape and the needs of each client.
With a maximum capacity of 8 people, mohma can be used as tourist accommodation in nature or as a home. The lightweight materials are transported by lorry for subsequent assembly and installation, ensuring minimal disturbance to the terrain. One of the main requirements for mohma, in addition to maximising the use of the panel to ensure minimum waste, was to have lightweight and resistant materials. Woodville used the following Garnica products to meet these demands:
- For the façades and interior flooring, the G-Brick range of energy-efficient, insulating structural panels.
- For the exterior panelling, Duraply panels due to their treatment against fungi and xylophagous insects and their exceptional durability in outdoor use.
- For the interior panelling, the Performance Poplar panel, whose laminate finish has high impact and scratch resistance.
- The joints between panels require a versatile material such as the 100% poplar-based Efficiency Poplar panels.
- For the flooring, Elegance Maple, a combination of light poplar core with natural maple faces.
- For the panelling and flooring in wet areas, the Duraply range due to its damp-proof treatment. In addition, these were covered with decorative laminates.
- Finally, the furniture and cabinet doors were also manufactured using the Performance Poplar panel with laminate finish.
Thanks to all these factors and elements, Woodville succeeds in changing how homes are conceived and produced, resulting in a much more sustainable, ecological and community-oriented space in which to enjoy maximum comfort and minimum consumption, with nothing to worry about. Moments of relaxation and a place to connect with oneself in nature.
