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| Autofamily House: Drive Your Ride Through the Front Door Posted: 11 Nov 2013 10:00 AM PST
The thesis is simple yet compelling, and while we may be loathe to admit its accuracy, it has the ring of truth: in suburbs, one typically enters the home not through a front door but through the garage, and that is thus the real entryway worth addressing.
Typically, a garage is the least-finished space in a home (except maybe a basement in some cases) – so, what if it were one of the grander and most-finished spaces instead? In this design by KWK Promes in Poland (images by Juliusz Sokołowski).
Cobbled with stone, surrounded with clean white walls and ceiling and flanked by paintings, the processional driveway-to-garage experience is welcoming rather than anticlimactic.
From the architect: “We usually enter the house by a car, using the garage integrated in main solid. The main entrance is rarely used. Nowadays the cars are becoming cleaner and more eco-friendly, hence the idea emerged to include the garage into the representative entrance area. As a result, a new type of a family house emerged. In the Autofamily House the entrance area and the driveway get transformed into an unique multifunctional space and the moment of driving in the house become a pleasant experience.” Keep Going - Check Out These Great Related Dornob Articles:
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| Fluid Zaha Hadid Superyacht Inspired by Organic Forms Posted: 10 Nov 2013 10:00 AM PST
Fluid and sculptural, architect Zaha Hadid’s design for a series of superyachts produced by German shipbuilder Blohm + Voss takes visual cues from the water upon which it floats. Hadid has envisioned a bio-inspired, almost skeletal framework for a 128-meter yacht that will be slightly adapted for four additional 90-meter yachts.
Hydrodynamic research led to the rounded shape of the hull, and the overall design is informed by fluid dynamics and underwater ecosystems. The interwoven network of glossy white supports on the hull form an exoskeleton that give the yacht an organic appearance.
Where most luxury yachts can be a bit blocky, with each deck stacked on top of the other in a predictable fashion, Hadid’s design wraps each level in the exoskeleton for a more integrated, cohesive appearance.
"As a dynamic object that moves in dynamic environments, the design of a yacht must incorporate additional parameters beyond those for architecture – which all become much more extreme on water,” says Hadid. “Each yacht is an engineered platform that integrates specific hydrodynamic and structural demands together with the highest levels of comfort, spatial quality and safety.” Keep Going - Check Out These Great Related Dornob Articles:
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