A new kind of structure for bringing us back into the natural world and social belonging
Participate in the living world
(Without leaving comfort behind)
The Problem:
Buildings may be safe, cool, cozy or productive, but they also block us from what’s awesome about the world outside our personal spaces.
They sterilize senses optimized for thriving outdoors.
They over-isolate us and diminish real-life social connection.
Fossil fuel use for AC and heat exhausts our wallets. It incentivizes keeping us sealed away.
Buildings create a world that says: “You can’t have it all”.
Now you can
The Solution:
The Halo
Full sensory optionality. Be immersively in the outdoors, not just looking at it through glass.
Social engagement availability. A walk-up outer corner bar, aligned (eye to eye) with your indoor corner table.
Super sized solar game changer: Runs the heating and cooling with the windows wide open. Revel in what you love outside.
Fully open or completely sealed. (And every degree in between.) The choice is always yours.
“After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, love, and so on — have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear — what remains? Nature remains; to bring out from their torpid recesses, the affinities of a man or woman with the open air, the trees, fields, the changes of seasons — the sun by day and the stars of heaven by night.”
poet― Walt Whitman
This is how it helps you get extra connected while remaining protected:
Connected to
people
Face-to-face, eye to eye
Dignified approach
Supports a conversation up to 8 without a post in the way
The inner table and outer bar create one continuous surface where occupant and approacher meet as equals — face to face at the same height.
Connected to
place
Full nature immersion
Solar powered HVAC affords open-windowed comfort across more seasons & conditions
A new default: windows open to life outside. At 15 to 30 times the solar Watts/SF of typical solar buildings, the Halo runs mechanical heating and cooling even with the corner flung wide open.
The halo is inspired by how humans are designed to move between focus and connection, solace and social and back again.
For build & layout options, see:
Built For:
The best events activate people's fullest capacity to relate.
Where your clientele co-author the experiences your property promises.
It’s a top-talent magnet. Some use it on the weekend just for fun.
A cozy sanctuary for full immersion in your garden or music.
Testamonials
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“I loved it so much during the week, I grabbed a colleague and spent a Saturday afternoon there—playing violin while looking out over the bay.”
Genentech Employee
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"I feel like a commander in here. The acoustics are excellent and I feel very cozy."
Bertha Alvarez-Sobrino
K-8 Lauguage Teacher
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For a year, we welcomed a Krivens prototype to our front doorstep..This outdoor experience workspace blends nature, technology, privacy, and collaboration into one seamless environment… The future of work should always feel this good.
Carolyn Clark Beedle
Sr. Director Audience Development at One Workplace
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I love it in here. I crank up my music, I have my own outdoor office.
Silicon Valley Corporate Workplace Furniture PM
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“It’s almost like a biological system to enhance whatever activity you want to do. It moves, it breathes, it changes configurations, and adapts to its environment.”
Founder & CEO (Workplace Consultancy)
FAQ’s
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A backyard shed with solar is like being in any other small room. The Halo makes you feel like you are actually within the garden, rather than inside a small room looking out a window at one.
It also optionally merges you with people. A walk-up outer corner bar, aligned (eye to eye) with your indoor corner table, is the shortest path from stranger to partner.
The solar is super-sized to change everything: Live with the windows open without every worrying about heating or cooling considerations.
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Orders are built in our factory and take 6 months to deliver. For event or short term rentals, they can be operable an hour after getting dropped off by a pickup truck. If it’s an officially permitted temporary install, assume a day or two for temporary foundations and tie-downs. Basic Solar package of 6 panels can be preinstalled, larger 12 panel systems take half a day to set up onsite.
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Doubling up our permanent ones is baked into it’s design DNA. Take two 10×16’s and get a 20×16 space for larger group meetings, yoga or activity rooms.
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Our trailer version is about 8 ½ feet wide by 14 ½ feet long. The fixed versions are a bit bigger, 10 feet wide by 16 feet long.
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The base model seats 4 inside and 4 outside at the bar. It comes with a solar powered heated and air conditioned space with a fresh air monitoring system. The base package includes 6 solar panels, a battery large enough to run the heating and cooling for a full day without sun, minifridge, dim-to-warm lighting, electrical outlets, a TV monitor that rises from the table for video conferencing, and a great sound system. Door comes with digital smart lock with keypad.You supply the WIFI and extenders if needed. Exterior access such as stairs or ramps are not automatically included.
Upgrade options include a larger 12 panel solar system, exterior steps and ramp options, and optional table configurations.
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We are building the towable version for pilot programs, events and installs where relocation is needed. A pick up truck tows it to you, and it stays on its own wheels. Jacks and pads are then installed to level and support it and in most cases it can be used the same day.
The Permanent model has no wheels and is delivered on a flatbed truck and uses equipment to maneuver it into its permanent position, typically over some type of prepared foundation like a concrete slab or pier and pad.
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Yes, our units are fully accessible inside. Additionally, all permitted commercial installs require an accessible path from the parking space to the front door, typically including a ramp. Each site is unique and will require “Path of Travel” documentation. Single family residential installs don’t mandate accessibility. When required, owners can supply their own or we can provide custom ramps fit to match the aesthetics of the Keep that can fit your specific site conditions.
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Only on permanent commercial installs. Metal pier over concrete pad with anchorage strapping works for temporary commercial installs and qualifies as a “permanent install” for residential.
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Absolutely.
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Whether for commercial use or home-office, one can depreciate 100% of the purchase cost in the first year if you order the towable version because it can be considered business equipment. After the first year, put the Keep on a permanent foundation and the majority of the unit’s purchase price can be added to your home’s appraised value and actually appreciate over time along with your home.
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Yes, We’ll have it engineered for it.
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No. In most cases, code requirements make commercial roof-top installs infeasible. Check with your architect.
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There were many, but the largest federal level incentives have been recently eliminated. Check with your local utility & state
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There are a lot of variables that affect the price; such as amount of solar and battery desired, or site conditions that affect install or ramp requirements. Please email or call to discuss.
The Halo is made so we can be re-immersed in the natural world we were built to be in.
Daniel Krivens, Founder
Get in Touch
Tell us where you imagine The Halo — workplace, hospitality, event, home, or civic space — and what kind of experience you want it to support.