‘rubber house’ by zeinstra van gelderen architecten all images courtesy zeinstra van gelderen architecten
amsterdam-based office zeinstra van gelderen architecten has created a small pavilion made entirely out of rubber. the appropriately named ‘rubber house’, currently on display in the museumbahnsteig in oberhausen, germany, offers a space for quiet contemplation, meditation, and an escape from the outside world.
measuring 2.3m high, the amber-coloured rectangular monolith circumscribes a perfect square of 1.5m X 1.5m. to enter the ‘rubber house’, one must step in through a vertical slit on the side of the structure. the introverted character of the pavilion is further reinforced by the hollow acoustics of the interior and the cave-like atmosphere provided by the glutinous, partly translucent walls. one wall provides a small bench in the egg-shaped room, while another features a window-frame that ironically offers no view. every element of the house, including the bench and window frame, is made out of poured in place urethane resin.
entrance and window
protruding bench
the window frame
elevation of the window wall
(left) section through bench and window frame (middle) facing the bench (right) facing the window frame
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i like the headless, armless, one legged body 🙂
We did a similar project – but flexible, with sound and a sucking fan:
[url=http://www.sial.rmit.edu.au/Projects/The_Shower.php]The Shower[/url]
europeans with extra money and extra time
why dont you use your energy for real problems?
Ah, deathly toxic isolation chamber, with little to no air.
Could be an experimental tool… sell it to behaviourists and have them inflict this thing on test subjects.
test questions may include : ” do you feel safe ? can you breathe ? how’s the temperature ? behave or it’s back to the chamber with you !”
On a different note : i’d be happy to test this thing out were it part of a curatorial effort like “today’s habitat : shape and sizes”(ahem) in a modern art museum.
This is exciting, but I am curious, …Is the Urethane Resin,(Rubber) toxic or poisonous or dangerous when it is being worked with? Is this material expensive to process, say, if one were to apply it on a larger scale? How does it behave in extreme wheather conditions. what kind of formwork would be required? Does this have an Insulative value?
Great idea,…..Thanks
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how will it smell in the summer heat, no ventilation and all that rubber? meditation, contemplation and relaxation with the whiff of toxic organic compounds, i think not? nice look, sadly i’ll conceived for use, the old question of form and function
what a hype! All these quiet places for offices. Breathe will probably work fine, but all the skin irritation! 🙂
breathe?
Idea fine, but a bit rich to call it a “house” d;-)