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venice’s historic caffè florian — the oldest one in italy and in the world — just celebrated its 300th birthday in a bitter way.
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the design draws influence from the sculptures of artist luo xu, and integrates a series of art deco elements to form its own unique identity.
a coconut leaf roof covers the entire ceiling.
the architects planted trees in the corner of both houses, allowing them to protrude outside the envelopes of the two dwellings.
GlowyPR Oct 05, 2012 vampire3986 Oct 01, 2012 ghillie Oct 01, 2012
more commentsThis is an extremely fun concept. I would be very careful though with keeping the kids pretty far from the house while it is being folded… Although I’m not super convinced by the form, I do love the principles and mobility. Where does the energy come from to move the house? Maintenance so that it doesn’t get all grimy and rusted later on? How adaptable is this concept to different terrains?
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renderings are… whatever)) i like it when people don’t care about the presentation to much, and concentrate more on project