Hut is a minimalist house located in Aichi, Japan, designed by Takayuki Kuzushima and Associates.
The renovation of the pre-existing house, introduces also new open spaces which allow visitors to gather. The result of the main intervention is the full height solarium, with rough and simple materials used to best allow the penetration of…
Designed by H&P Architects , Brick cave is a house located in a suburban commune of Hanoi which has undergone a rapid process of urbanization. It is designed to shape a place similar to the natural environment in an artificial manner.
The overall structure is made up of and enclosed by two layers of brick wall…
Giuseppe Arezzi (1993) is a young talented designer from Ragusa , Sicily, currently based in Milan. In 2016 he graduated with honors at Politecnico di Milano, Faculty of Design, MA in Interior Design, with the thesis “Beata Solitudo, The Contemporary Hermit’s Shelter”, in collaboration with the mentors Francesco Faccin and Francesca Balena Arista. Currently besides developing independent…
Jinghua Zeng studied Industrial and Interactive Design at Zhejiang University, China and Stockholm University, Sweden. Interested in furniture design, for two years she worked at MZGF, China. Now Jinghua is currently studying for the Master Program of Product and Spatial Design at Aalto University.
For her independent work for the Woodstudio course at Aalto University…
The Dalì Museum has opened its doors to visitors in 2011; it was designed by global architecture firm HOK, a global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm that counts 1,700 people collaborating across a network of 23 offices on three different continents.
For the museum, the design challenge was to create an affordable, iconic building symbolic…
The hermit crabs change their shells as they grow and sometimes they are kicked out of their shelters by stronger hermit crabs and forced to exchange shells.
Aki Inomata is a Japanese artist that decided to give hermit crabs a house: when she participated in the exhibition “No Man’s Land”, held at the French Embassy in…
The Grooming Retreat is a unique space in a southern Mallorca barley, Spain. The structure is designed Mariana de Delás in collaboration with Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter . The client, after living the life of a young urban professional, decided to come back to her hometown and run the family agricultural legacy.
The suspended space is…
A former bunker from World War I located in Triglav National Park, has been rebuilt by the Slovenian architect’s office Premica Architects.
During the war, a number of high-alpine fortresses were installed throughout Europe, some of which were transformed into cabins for mountaineers. The shelter features no running water or electricity apart a small solar panel…
Beijing-based Li Hao designed and built the pavilion for a spot on the north bank of the Longxi River next to the old town of Longli in Wenchuan County.
The shelter is a place for people to rest and have fun, and meanwhile a new regional landmark. Right opposite to the old town by the river,…
First-year architecture and urban planning students at the Estonian Academy of Arts have designed and created a shelter titled ‘READER’, a place where people can get away from their daily routine.
Located in the national park Lahemaa of North-Estonia, READER was constructed within five days and is made of pine plywood panels. The structure stands…