A Terrain-Adaptive Housing System Designed for Real Life

At its simplest, the Micro-Compound is a housing system designed to solve three persistent problems at once: affordability, adaptability, and land efficiency.

It does so without architectural compromise—and now without being limited to flat sites. The system is fully engineered for lots with slopes of up to 10%, allowing deployment across the majority of residential land that conventional designs exclude.

The Design Premise

Most housing is designed for a single moment in life and a single set of assumptions: flat land, fixed household size, fixed income, fixed use.

The Micro-Compound begins with a different premise:

A home should adapt as life changes—and should generate financial resilience rather than consume it.

To achieve this, the system places two factory-built homes on one fee-simple lot, each with independent access, private outdoor space, storage, and parking.

Together, they form a flexible living and income unit that can be occupied, rented, or reconfigured over time—without relocation, subdivision, or loss of equity.

Site Flexibility: Now Engineered for Up to 10% Slope

The latest iteration of the Micro-Compound has been engineered specifically to accommodate sites with up to a 10% grade, using standardized foundations and courtyard geometries rather than bespoke, high-cost civil solutions.

This expands viable deployment dramatically, particularly in:

• Infill neighborhoods

• Hillside and semi-hillside parcels

• Suburban and exurban lots previously considered “challenging”

The result is a system that works on real land, not just idealized sites.

The ADU: 600 Square Feet, Fully Utilized

Single-Wide | 600 sq ft

The accessory dwelling unit is compact by design, but not minimal.

Key features include:

• Diagonal planning to increase perceived volume

• Convertible living space with acoustic separation

• Two real twin beds in bedroom mode

• 8-foot ceilings, full closet, and code-compliant egress

• Private L-shaped courtyard adapted to grade

• 250 sq ft of dedicated storage

• Two off-street parking spaces

• Sleeps four adults comfortably

Factory production allows this unit to deliver a cost-per-square-foot difficult to match with site-built alternatives.

The Main Home: Capacity Without Excess

Double-Wide | Primary Residence

The main home is designed for flexibility rather than spectacle.

It includes:

• Three conventional bedrooms

• A three-twin acoustic sleep suite for guests or family

• A glazed living area opening to a private courtyard

• 350 sq ft of supplemental storage

• Three dedicated parking spaces

• Sleeps seven

Together with the ADU, the lot supports up to eleven occupants when needed—without shared walls and without density penalties typically associated with multifamily construction.

How the System Works Over Time

The Micro-Compound is designed to support multiple life stages using the same physical asset:

• Owner occupies one unit, rents the other

• Adult children return with independence

• Aging parents receive proximity without intrusion

• Rental income offsets or eliminates housing costs

• Long-term ownership converts housing into a retirement asset

The key advantage is continuity: no forced moves, no loss of equity, no redevelopment cycle.

Economics by Design

The system aligns architecture with financial reality:

• Factory construction reduces build time and capital at risk

• Two rentable units diversify income on a single lot

• Fee-simple ownership avoids condominium complexity

• Lower per-unit cost reduces leverage exposure

• Terrain adaptability expands site availability

This is housing designed as productive infrastructure, not consumption.

Density Without Tradeoffs

From a planning perspective, the Micro-Compound delivers:

• Higher units per acre than typical “gentle density” policies

• Privacy exceeding that of townhomes or small multifamily

• No shared walls

• Independent access and outdoor space

• A population density comparable to urban cores—on suburban lots

It achieves this through configuration, not regulation.

A Practical Definition of Freedom Density

Freedom Density is not about building more units for their own sake.

It is about increasing the number of viable futures a single property can support—financially, socially, and over time.