suite sewer
"Each suite of the Park Hotel offers at minimal capacity maximum possible comfort for recreation and relaxation."
These ingenious little rooms are available for rent, and at whatever you can afford. The use of these concrete tubes into temporary housing shelters is inspiring to me, simple and effective. I'd like one in my back yard to hide in once in a while (great place for reading OSHA safety manuals). Of course these are used by campers, hikers (and vagrants?) passing thru for an evening or two. I do enjoy the use of already manufactured and readily available forms as living spaces. Close in the ends, put a door on the thing and roll it into place!
zoomorphic architecture - 'Lucy' the elephant
I went here as a kid, I'd live in it!. I have some plan drawings of the interior around here somewhere, interesting, I'll post them here when I find them.
Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped architectural folly constructed of wood and tin sheeting in 1882 by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, New Jersey, two miles (3.2 km) south of Atlantic City, in an effort to sell real estate and attract tourism.
The idea of an animal-shaped building was innovative, and in 1882 the U.S. Patent Office granted Lafferty a patent giving him the exclusive right to make, use or sell animal-shaped buildings for seventeen years. Lucy is the oldest example of zoomorphic architecture, and the largest elephant in the world. more...
...what would happen if we crossed 'Stoorn' the moose with 'Lucy' the elephant? (answer)
Mafoombey
MAFOOMBEY A SPACE MADE OF CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
Mafoombey, designed by Martti Kalliala and Esa Ruskeepää, took first place in the Habitare Fair design competition held in Helsinki in September for the best space for listening to music. The two students of Helsinki Faculty of Architecture, with the assistance of Martin Lucasczyk, realized Mafoombey, the ergonomically and acoustically optimum, as well as beautiful space, made of corrugated cardboard by cutting and piling.
“The initial concept for the design evolved from an ambition to create a strong spatial intensity within the volume of the dimensions given for the competition (2,5 x 2,5 x 2,5 m)”, tell the designers. “It soon developed into an idea of an intuitive freeform space cut into a rectangular stack of material.”
Kalliala and Ruskeepää decided to use corrugated cardboard as their material because of its low cost and strong aesthetic appeal. The interior contours of the cube were carried out mainly by means of computer design. When a pleasing form was found, the 3D model was sliced into horizontal layers in order to produce the cutting files for the computer-controlled Kongsberg cardboard cutter.Each of the 360 layers of Mafoombey consists of two pieces of cardboard resulting in almost a ton in weight when assembled. Cardboard columns run through each corner of the cardboard cube stiffening the structure. No glue is used. Speakers, stereos and lamps are all integrated within the stack, allowing music and light to seep in through the cardboard structure.
Photo Credit:Stora Enso / Timo Wright Article:FinnishDesignShop
cardboard house of the future?
Cardboard is not a traditional building material,
however the introduction of innovative bonding,
cutting and structural techniques has provided the
opportunity to consider this lightweight and
recyclable material in a more creative fashion.
All the material in the house is recycled,
and recyclable, making it an excellent
environmentally sustainable option for housing.
The Carboard House is made of recycled carboard
supplied by Visy Industries. This is completed with
a waterproof roof made from HDPE plastic,
which also forms the material of the flexible
under-floor water tanks and the novel kitchen
and bathroom 'pods'.
contained living
musical edifice
This unique piano house was built in
Inside of the violin is the escalator to the building.
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