bollonet/architecture

Imagine resting in bed, seeing the moon and stars through the large round windows as the wind rocks you gently to sleep,


Each sphere treehouse has a kitchen. The door to the left leads into a sauna, the right would be the washroom. Rental rates in a treehouse range from $125 to $175 dollars per night for two people.


These lucky folks have a beautiful lake view just outside of their treehouse.

Do you remember the Ewok Village from 'Return of the Jedi'. These little treehouses remind me of their treetop town.

A link collection pointing at resources in the subject area of abandoned buildings /towns etc.

Launched in the wake of the Stuttgart Weissenhof --an estate of working class dwelling which was built in Stuttgart in 1927, the opening exhibition at the Palazzo back in 1933 was dedicated to the theme of housing.
One of the Triennale's Summer exhibitions is revisiting the theme of affordable housing under a more contemporary side. Casa per tutti is pressing architects to give their attention to a theme that was central in the inter-war and post-WW2 reconstruction periods and is once again crucial in the current crisis of the postmodern metropolis.
The Milan exhibition is one of the many i've seen on a topic which is proving quite popular these days (only in Milan i have visited two shows related to the same issue: Alternative Living Strategies and Lucy + Jorge Orta's Antarctica expedition). The Italian Pavilion of the Architecture Biennale in Venice (September 14th to November 23rd 2008), entitled HOUSING ITALY. 12 Projects for Inhabiting and Re-inhabiting the City, will be concerned with a similar theme. In spite of its weaknesses (it's a bit confusing, poorly distributed in sp








 

Triennale Milano, entrance view. Photo by Gabriele Basilico


Anna Rita Emili (altro_studio), Casa gonfiabile (Inflatable House), Roma 2001.


Baumraum, Tree House


Archizoom, No Stop City, 1968