J-Pod is an independent living unit for a beloved family member moving to Newcastle.

While occupying a tiny 15m2 footprint, the pod packs a punch when it comes to function – providing separated sleeping/living, cooking and washing spaces.

Being a small site and with a backyard currently the focal point for the young family, J-Pod has been and designed and detailed to disappear into the garden as external vines obscure it’s façade. Internally, warm ply, raking ceilings and skylights increase the scale of the space.

Fittings and joinery are designed to be removed so that in future the pod might become a backyard home office, parent’s retreat or play space for the kids.