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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.
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It looks like the makeshift houses one sees in informal settlement here in South Africa. It’s great! A few years back I constructed a dividing wall with reclaimed timber and used old hessian sacks as insulation/sound proofing. It was very effective.
What Fun! Great idea for a temporary structure. It also serves as a reminder that so many of the globe’s population are living in dwellings made up of the remnants from the more affluent. Ohhh and really like the buildings that encompass the area. Hope we get to see the finished article d;-)