Pods that turn waste into abundance.
We are a network of sustainability practitioners creating integrated places at scales from a tiny shelter to a civic landscape.
The pod index
Five adaptable modules can work independently or combine into a complete living system.
Zed Pod
A zero-discharge bathroom system designed for dignified, deployable sanitation without the waste stream of a conventional porta potty.
Sanitation meets cultivation
The compact bathroom module sits inside an envelope that supports planting and energy generation.
- Bathroom and productive greenhouse
- Rooftop solar generation
- Designed for modular deployment
Living Pod
A kitchen, greenhouse, and biodigester that processes kitchen and greywater on site with zero discharge.
Porchpod
An open porch greenhouse that handles greywater, produces food, and encloses for productive winter use.
Wetpod
A productive rooftop wetland that integrates water treatment, habitat, thermal benefit, and edible landscape.
Loftpod
A sleeping loft above the Zed, Living, or Porchpod adds private space without expanding the ground footprint.
One system. Many scales.
Every project is shaped around useful relationships between people, climate, materials, water, energy, food, and land.
From system sketch to urban habitat.
The pod is both infrastructure and architecture: a compact frame for sanitation, cultivation, energy generation, and everyday life.
From a tiny shelter to a civic landscape.
Our network brings the right disciplines together for each challenge, connecting planning with buildable solutions.
- Single-family residences
- Multi-family developments
- Off-grid development
- Nomadic living
- Tiny homes
- Accessory structures
- Large-scale development
- Civic buildings
- Site and landscape planning
- Appropriate technology
- Alternative septic
- Emergency and temporary housing
Different disciplines. Shared purpose.
Environmental, architectural, structural, and systems thinking enter the project together.
Nik Bertulis
Environmental Engineer
Shan Masuda
Architectural Designer
Priya Naik
Structural Engineer
Bear Kaufman
Systems Engineer
Design for the whole cycle.
See the system
Map resources, constraints, climate, inhabitants, and stewardship.
Integrate early
Bring design, engineering, ecology, and construction together at the outset.
Prototype precisely
Test and refine modules for different contexts.
Leave abundance
Create places that produce food, restore water, and support habitat.
Bring us the problem that refuses a conventional answer.
We work with homeowners, communities, developers, public agencies, builders, and fellow practitioners.
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