INNOVATION
is located at Denver, CO, United States. The company
has desidned a mixed-use apartment, retail and parking
California Roll House
California Roll House by Korean designer Christopher
Daniel of Violent Volumes is a futuristic concept
of a prefab home designed to be assembled and
disassembled in record time. This house was designed
for arid environments and is wrapped into an energy
efficient shell that reflects heat from the sun.
structure. Weave Urban Housing is a design proposal
for a 160 unit mixed use apartment/retail/parking
structure in Denver CO. The project aims to raise
the bar on apartment living for young professionals,
a group of renters who demands sophistication and
amenities in their housing. M1A’s goal was to develop
a superior product for this group without increasing
project costs, by finding a means to allocate a larger
percentage of development funds to building materials
and enhancements to the interior.
The Moon Villa
Urban Tree Houses
Population growth and consequent crowding can leave
little room to live in big cities. But Jason Lubutkah of
Jason David Designs in New York City has an idea: why
not build houses that cantilever across city streets, using
up space that would otherwise be wasted? The homes
would be constructed off site and then raised to their
new location.
Designed by the Royal Haskoning Architechten,
the Moon Villa is a spherical habitat, a metaphorical
reference to the Earth, that is a small ecosystem on
the moon. The transparent villa, designed for Quest
magazine, contains a green living environment where
house and garden are intertwined, as a contrast with
the dark and desolate lunar landscape. The interior is
one large space without walls, with only closed spheres
in places where privacy is required, such as bedrooms
and bathrooms. Stairs are unnecessary: the 1.20metres between the different levels is easy to bridge in
the gentle lunar gravity. A rotating screen that moves
with the sun, equipped with solar cells and diaphragms,
controls the temperature and energy supply.
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Weave House
This is a project by Meridian 105 Architecture and it
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