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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.
True Darren, the Dutch have been doing this kind of thing for years.
To be fair to the Olin Studio is an elegant, less utilitarian solution to the problem.
And just to get really trainspottery on you, check this out –
http://www.mma.es/portal/secciones/biodiversidad/desarrollo_rural_paisaje/fragmentacion_rural/pdf/1_Desfragmentacion_Holanda.pdf
it is interesting how there is a similar project proposed in singapore dated 7 months ago
http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.com/2010/05/bridge-across-bke-to-link-nature.html