SLUMtube: Affordable Pallet house

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Designers Andreas Claus and Pils Gregor are frontman for their exploration in turning pallets into functioning spaces. SLUMtube is yet another project that features the pallet as the main builing material. Located in South Africa this dwelling is low cost and affordable.

The semi-circular tube form while industrial appearing lends fucntion to shape. SLUMtube utilizes other discarded materials such as clay, straw and formwork panels. These materials intentionally are designed to protect and insulate the space from dramatic climate conditions. Although inhabitable the space also acts as an education center.

Infinite Space - Architecture of John Lautner

What is so wonderful about the film, “INFINITE SPACE”, in celebration of specifically John Lautner’s architecture, is the appreciation for silence. In so many cases the complexity of architecture requires that, art like, attention where the viewer is asked to observe critically. Only in this moment is architecture achieved it’s true palpable vision.

What is special about so many of the documented site’s are their public recognition. Modernism and architecture in general continues to play an instrumental role in the movie business and Lautner’s architecture is no exception.

REX - Reuse Everything Experiment

Is it possible to reuse and ENTIRE house?… YES!!! While you reuse everything you also are saving money, getting tax breaks and setting an example.

HGTV designer and author, Shannon Quimby thought so and proves it in this video. My favorite part is when she talks about this kind of project being second nature. So that, her children will just think that this is how it works.

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Hemeroscopium - Ensamble Studio

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There is something almost childlike in the way Ensamble Studio [in Madrid] has constructed the Hemeroscopium House. It’s reminiscent of legos and building blocks and is a reminder to professionals that what we do is fun.

Even from the perspective of a general viewer, what has been achieved from a complex series of decisions and deliberate gestures is a simple understanding of construction. There lacks a sense of iniquity or sense of deliberate void from the significance of the structure. However, what lacks in intentional[s] and what remains is a stunning articulation of architecture.