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treading lightly on the landscape, the building cantilevers out 27 meters to a point 18 meters above the terrain below.
franck bohbot traveled to richard neutra's VDL research house II and documented it, capturing two generations of architectural experimentation.
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the micro-hotel room is enclosed by a tiny topography of stepping terraces.
the architects say that the building, and the activity that takes place within it, is meant to transform the way in which buildings are designed, engineered, and built.
Glass roof in a desert to simulate the climate on mars?
UAE desert + 55C. Plus.
Mars mid temperature – 55C. Minus.
Something mixed up?
This reminds me of the failed Ark II experiment.
I am not sure the designers have studied the conditions on Mars.
Radiation, blizzards, cold, icy ground, have nothing to do with the Emirates conditions.
The design seems to focus on PR rather than anything else…
Why Uae desert? are the climate conditions comparables? Mars isn’t extremely cold??