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[[File:Matti Suuronen Venturo.JPG|thumb|Venturo House in Kivik Art Center, Sweden]]
[[File:Futuro Village, Wanli 06.jpg|thumb|Abandoned Venturo House in Wanli, [[Taiwan]].]]
[[File:Venturo House at Tapiola, October 2024.jpg|thumb|Venturo House at [[Tapiola]], [[Espoo]], [[Finland]], 2024.]]
'''Venturo''' or '''Venturo House''' is a [[prefabrication|prefabricated]] house designed by Finnish architect [[Matti Suuronen]] in 1971. It is composed of [[fiberglass-reinforced plastic|fiberglass-reinforced polyester plastic]], [[polyester]]-[[polyurethane]], and [[poly(methyl methacrylate)|acrylic glass]]. In the late 1960s Suuronen became known for his round-shaped [[Futuro]] House and now wanted to create a new "weekend cottage".<ref name=kivik >[http://www.kivikart.se/english.htm Summary in English] Kivik Art Center. Retrieved 5 October 2014.</ref> Venturo House was a part of Suuronen's [[Casa Finlandia]] series, known as the model CF-45. Other models were CF-100/200 (1969) and CF-10 (1970), number indicating the floor area in square meters.<ref>[http://www.suomitour.com/2012/07/casa-finlandia-huoltoasema.html Casa Finlandia huoltoasema] Suomi Tour, 21 July 2012. (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 October 2014.</ref>
Venturo House is a [[Modular building|modular]], [[building insulation|insulated]] and transportable building system. The walls and top are made of double-layer fiberglass with two inches thick polyurethane foam and the floor is made of [[plywood]]. The floor area is 45 m² and the house weighs four tons. It was shipped in two modules, one containing the bathroom, kitchen and [[sauna]] and the other including the filler pieces.<ref name=treehugger >[http://www.treehugger.com/modular-design/wayback-machine-1971-the-venturo-prefab.html Wayback Machine 1971: The Venturo Prefab] Treehugger. Retrieved 5 October 2014.</ref>
Venturo was originally thought as a weekend house or bungalow but they were also used as small shops and retail kiosks. Three Venturos were imported to Sweden and used as gas stations for [[BP]].<ref name=kivik/> As the [[1973 oil crisis]] hit, only 19 Venturo Houses were manufactured by the Finnish company [[Oy Polykem Ab]]. However, the license was sold to 23 companies around the world and some houses were presumably produced in Japan.<ref>[http://www.suomitour.com/2012/09/casa-finlandia-venturo.html Casa Finlandia Venturo] Suomi Tour, 8 September 2012. (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 October 2014.</ref>
== References ==
{{Commonscat|Venturo}}
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[[Category:Prefabricated houses]]
[[Category:Houses in Finland]]
[[Category:Modernist architecture in Finland]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/wanli-ufo-village atlasobscura.com], a cluster of Venturo and Futuro houses in Wanli, Taiwan