What do Transformers, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martha Stewart have in common? Push Button House! That's the name of an art installation / actual usable home by Adam Kalkin as well as a short film by Robert Profusek and Ryan Silbert; the latter is now available for free online streaming, courtesy of our friends at SnagFilms.
Both Coppola and Stewart were fascinated by the idea of a shipping container that transforms into a pre-fabricated home. As described by Luxist, the Push Button House "is a fully functional and sustainable home built inside a standard industrial shipping container. In just 90-seconds with the push of a button the shipping container turns into a five-room home with a kitchen, dining room, bedroom, living room and library." Kalkin created an earlier version in 2005; the updated illy's Push Button House debuted at the prestigious Venice Biennale in 2007 and was exhibited late in the year at...
Both Coppola and Stewart were fascinated by the idea of a shipping container that transforms into a pre-fabricated home. As described by Luxist, the Push Button House "is a fully functional and sustainable home built inside a standard industrial shipping container. In just 90-seconds with the push of a button the shipping container turns into a five-room home with a kitchen, dining room, bedroom, living room and library." Kalkin created an earlier version in 2005; the updated illy's Push Button House debuted at the prestigious Venice Biennale in 2007 and was exhibited late in the year at...
- 9/8/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
Ask yourself: Would you live in a house made of sh*t? What about one made from hemp? Could you see yourself working in an office building comprised of recycled shipping containers? Architects and designers are finding strange, but ingenious ways, of rethinking where we spend our days working and living.
Ask yourself: Would you live in a house made of sh*t? What about one made from hemp? Could you see yourself working in an office building comprised of recycled shipping containers? Architects and designers are finding strange, but ingenious ways, of rethinking where we spend our days working and living.
Cow dung isn't usually thought of as house-building material, but a team of students from Prasetiya Mulya Business School in Indonesia have managed to build high-quality, low-cost bricks from the stuff. The team's invention, dubbed "EcoFaeBrick," won the $25,000 top prize at the University of California, Berkeley's Global Social Venture Competition.
Ask yourself: Would you live in a house made of sh*t? What about one made from hemp? Could you see yourself working in an office building comprised of recycled shipping containers? Architects and designers are finding strange, but ingenious ways, of rethinking where we spend our days working and living.
Cow dung isn't usually thought of as house-building material, but a team of students from Prasetiya Mulya Business School in Indonesia have managed to build high-quality, low-cost bricks from the stuff. The team's invention, dubbed "EcoFaeBrick," won the $25,000 top prize at the University of California, Berkeley's Global Social Venture Competition.
- 7/20/2009
- Fast Company
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