November 30, 2006

• The Möbius House - awesome! By stretching the building's form in an extreme way and through an extensive use of glass walls, the house is able to incorporate aspects of the landscape. From inside the house, it is as if the inhabitant is taking a walk in the countryside. The perception of movement is reinforced by the changing positions of the two main materials used for the house, glass and concrete, which overlap each other and switch places. As the loop turns inside out, the exterior concrete shell becomes interior furniture - such as tables and stairs - and the glass facades turn into inside partition walls.
• gah! I see that coudal has my latest fpp as a "fresh signal"... grr... me swears no poach.
• Great link. Much as I love my dwelling-pod, one of these would be fine. The Möbius House reminds me of Heinlein's -And He Built A Crooked House, and to a lesser extent Ballard's tale of a futuristic house with walls that absorbed the it's film star occupant's emotional distress and replayed it on the new owners.
• Lovely linky, Argh. I'd like to take a tour through all of these houses, but I'm not sure they'd be real comfortable to live a normal life in.