Summer House Casa Barone by Widjedal Racki Bergerhoff (WRB)

Located in the city Ingarö-Evlinge, east of Stockholm, an existing summer house on a sloping ground into a property with good sun conditions and flat areas. Half of this platform is taken up by the upper floor of the building, the other half remains as open outdoor terrace in direct connection to the kitchen inside.

Next to the kitchen is the living area, which, from its elevated position, faces the water view as well as the upper half of two large oak trees. The studio, or rather a place for inspiration and creation of precious art, makes an abrupt change to its traditional Swedish pitched roof neighbors. The building glitters as a golden shrine penetrated with large black windows as it sits in the rocky slope in between sculptural pine trees.

Architect : Widjedal Racki Bergerhoff (WRB)

Nunnmps By Cheungvogl

This outstanding research facility designed by Hong Kong-based architects Cheungvogl will be built on stilts to ensure privacy for the projects carried out.
If this research studio, titled Nunnmps, was developed, the studio would be elevated to preserve secrecy for the research carried out, while a reception area and administration office will be below ground level, overlooking the lake.
The Nunnmps building would be located on the edge of Lake Michigan on the outskirts of the city. A public space comprising 50,000 square meters is also included in this project.



Source: archicentral

ProdEX Panels from Prodema | materialicious

ProdEX Panels from Prodema

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Shipping Container House By Ross Stevens

It is a wall of containers, built against a hill in Wellington, New Zealand, designed and built by Ross Stevens. It uses the spaces between the containers and the hill to expand its living space beyond that limiting interior dimensions of a standard ISO box.
They are not conventional steel containers; with their smooth skins, they may have been "reefers" or refrigerated containers, although there are a number of smooth-skinned types out there.
except in the bedroom, where one really sees the limitations of shipping containers.

We will try to follow up with plans and perhaps an interview. Lots more pictures at ::Petra Alsbach-Stevens' Flickr site, via Jetson Green

Sustainable Containers: the R4House

Yesterday Construmat, the biggest International Building Show, opened its doors in Barcelona to welcome thousands of architects, designers, engineers, builders and developers for a week of exchanging ideas, conferences and the latest in the world of construction. We are not surprised (see more ‘R projects’) that this year a whole pavilion has been dedicated to Sustainable Construction where you can visit the R4House, designed by the Valencian architect Luis de Garrido.

The R4House prototype consists of two bioclimatic homes (one of 150 m2 and a mini-flat of 30m2) made from materials that close the loop. The energy consumption of both is zero due to its bioclimatic design, the solar panels and the geothermal energy source. The waste production during construction is also zero. Both homes are modular and built from six recycled shipping containers; low-cost and allowing flexibility. The 4 Rs stand for Reuse, Recover, Recycle and Reasoning with the latter being the most important says Garrido. “With the construction sector being very inert and sustainable architecture looking to establish itself, reasoning is required to redesign the construction process and lower its negative impact on the environment.” The construction materials as well as interior ones have been carefully chosen and are all recycled as well as recyclable.  

The R4House is however not only ecological but also economical in terms of pricing. The construction cost of the 150m2 is €60.000 and the small home costs €12.000. With the R4House, Garrido hopes to set an example for sustainable architecture in Spain and beyond. 

Container: R-2×20

R-2×20

This small container home was built by our collaborator – BlueBrown recently.  It is a small home with one bedroom, one bathroom and a living area for a young family in Thailand.
It was designed using two twenty-foot containers and a prefabricated bathroom unit, as an exercise in the making of a good, affordable housing for Thais which our government cannot seems to manage.
This home is on the outskirt of Bangkok where temperature is always high.  The house is insulated with recycled insulation material with a layer of roof above the containers to prevent the heat transmission into habitable areas.

Tree Room By Christopher Smith

Smith's Website is pretty minimalist, but we will update as we get more information. Found on Materialicious.