clothes house by MVRDV / casa per tutti at milan triennale

clothes house by MVRDV / casa per tutti at milan triennale

in the atrium of the milan triennale
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'clothes house' by dutch architects MVRDV
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it’s made from second hand clothes packaged in plastic bags
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make it right -
actor and activist brad pitt founded the MIR foundation (make it right)
to begin to fill the need for affordable, sustainable houses of high design in order to try
to rebuild the 9th lower ward in new orleans.

'MIR design prototype' by MVRDV

MVRDV was invited by MIR to design prototype houses as part of revitalizing
the neighborhood. MVRDV developed 5 escape houses which are all lifted in a different
way. construction of the first houses is expected to start soon.
massimo db
05.23.08  
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