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Our house will be manufactured by Deltec Homes. It consists of 18 sides (an octadecagon) and a self-supporting truss roof system. This is a model we use to show contractors what they're getting into. It was made by creating scale drawings in Adobe illustrator, then printing and gluing them to heavy card stock.
The model below is at the Deltec factory, and illustrates the design and constuction of the house. This model sits on pilings, but ours will have a full walk-out basement.
This shows how the roof is constructed. The trusses are bound together at the center with massive steel rings. The roof is self-supporting, so no center post intrudes on the living space, and there are no load-bearing interior walls.
The house is delivered in two semi-trailers, and a five-person crew erects it in about a week. When they're done, we will have a weatherproof shell, but no interior walls. Subcontractors will frame the interior and install utilities and cabinets.