Proposing itself as a criticism against the waste of space and resources typical of the modern housing development industry, 'MercuryHouseTwo' is a vertical, transportable, single-family house designed for customizable serial production. Nanotechnology glass coating allows regulation of radiation and takes advantage of heat energy; an inflatable automated greenhouse can be connected to the house helping to offset the daily food needs of the inhabitants while cleaning the home's air and water.
Background: Houses of the future will be like spaceships: mobile, energy-independent and non-polluting; land-use will be minimized Objectives: Create a prefabricated house with minimum impact on the environment Concept: Vertical house with large built-in wheels for transportation Materials: Glass-reinforced plastic (GRP), aluminum, glass Structure: GRP hull construction Technologies: Nanotechnologies and robotic housekeeping support will allow completely new solutions to old paradigms of living at home; chrom-Vanadium glasscoating Energy: Stand-alone using solar-powered batteries and hydro-power Operation: Translucent solar cells; connection to a greenhouse allow on-site waste treatment and ressource recovery Assembly: 2 hours, 2 persons; water is filled into the hull after installation to provide stabilizing weight Dimensions: Module 14,000 kg Weight: Fully equipped module 18,000 kg Project Number: 046 Project Name: MercuryHouseTwo Typology: Single-family home Year: 2004 Design Team: Architecture and Vision - Arturo Vittori and Andreas Vogler Renderings: Jean-François Jacq
Very stylish and nicely rendered at the lake isde. Really, if it wasn't that mountaineous, I think a trailer park would be the perfect solution. Maybe something like a hanging trailer park, like those tents they use when climbing a high mountains.
Jeremy on May 17th, 2014
A hanging city. Nice. Like the hanging gardens of Babylon :D Or a cube house that doesn't have a defined upside and downside and could be hung sideways to cliffs, rolled down the hill and the way it lands is the new upside down.
Ana on May 17th, 2014
Hovering. Hovering cities. Would be perfect for Carel so she could study her birds in flight ;)
Seb on May 17th, 2014