Sunday, October 19, 2008

The Trojan House - Inspiration



Earth Houses by Peter Vetsch, this one is in Switzerland. The concept is quite extraordinary in that you virtually live underground. The house designed for my client will be similar to these houses by Peter Vetsch.



The interior of the same house as above has a very organic and fluid nature to it, Also very white but earthy. Note the skylight - very important as there are limited facades where windows can be placed.



An Earth Housing Estate also in Switzerland, this image reminds me very much of hobbit houses but only because of the curvaceous forms.



ACROS Fukuoka, Japan by Emilio Ambasz and Associates. It's a hotel complex with a green roof, there is a zig - zagging pathway that steps down the building from what i can gather from the image. I'm not really sure wether it stands out or blends in?!.



I love this house! It is Villa NM in Upstate New York, designed by Ben Van Berkel and UN Studio. The two way split of house and the interlocking of volumes is intriging.






Some colour wouldn't have gone astray, it has a showroom-like quality to it rather than a home, in my opinion. :) What an effective little model though!



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