Comments on: DIGITAL HOUSE by Bell Travers Willson

By: pothemus poe

pothemus poe — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:37:58 +0000

i said wheres my digital breakfast? and what about my digital newspaper?
the desighn alone is genericly impressive on a sims3 level.

By: kadin-yasam-moda-guzellik

kadin-yasam-moda-guzellik — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:11:21 +0000

I don’t know. That couple in the top pic don’t look very happy. Like she has some secret longing for someone other than her man downstairs. Gives me a bad vibe about this place.

By: Hosting

Hosting — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:32:52 +0000

Bravo!

Quite an impressive system. It opens up all sorts of interesting possibilities.

By: Frank T

Frank T — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:55:54 +0000

Bravo!

Quite an impressive system. It opens up all sorts of interesting possibilities.

Tighter construction,quality designs at hopefully affordable using imaginative, sustainable,green methods.

I’d like to have more details:)

By: The Edge

The Edge — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:03:37 +0000

“ingos Says:
March 28th, 2007 at 9:16 am
@ the edge
the manufacturers site will answer your first questions: http://www.facit-uk.com/info.pdf”

Ah yes! Good catch!

By: Pooh

Pooh — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:18:18 +0000

“In Europe I don’t see many houses built like that, we like more stone, cement and bricks.”

Actually, here in Finland many of the one-family houses built are pre-fabricated wooden structures. Unfortunately these buildings are not very sustainable, no positioning according to the sun, most materials are not sustainable etc. And these are built on lots outside of towns where public transport doesn´t exist and everyone owns at least one car…

By: ingos

ingos — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:16:14 +0000

@ the edge
the manufacturers site will answer your first questions: http://www.facit-uk.com/info.pdf

By: Richie

Richie — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:26:13 +0000

Great idea and great realization of such. I’d trade off having to use a small crane for being able to have the exterior elements as Strucurally Insulated Panels (SIP’s) though. Regardless… this is a huge step forward. It is definitely a dawn of a new beginning. The future it portends is one where homeowners will ‘design’ their homes online, using simplified using CAD technology. Afterwhich, they’d send their design out for digital review by lisenced architects and engineers. Then the fun begins. The price of such houses could be drastically reduced from present levels.

Much like ’sampling’ records has led to a whole new category of music, the real fun would start when measurements of classic designs are taken and loaded into digital memeory storage. That way… a potential homeowner could cut and paste aspects of these designs together into something new, and hopefully wonderful. This Brave New World apparently starts NOW !

By: Sheldon

Sheldon — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:51:59 +0000

“…and followed up with an exhibition at The Architectural Foundation’s Yard Gallery in London.”
Annoyingly this was for 6th-20th March so there is no chance of being able to go along and have a look for myself. Although http://www.facit-uk.com gives the impression that this is not intended to be a one-off although exact details of how it all works is a bit scant. Another home-build to add to the list of potentials when I find my plot of land.

By: The Edge

The Edge — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:28:30 +0000

The article doesn’t say anything about whether the timber is harvested in a sustainable fashion or whether it’s formaldehyde free. For use in the U.S., it would be great to see FSC-certified wood and formaldehyde-free wood composite materials. Then we’d have a truly environmentally-friendly process.

By: spinsLPs

spinsLPs — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:54:01 +0000

I don’t know. That couple in the top pic don’t look very happy. Like she has some secret longing for someone other than her man downstairs. Gives me a bad vibe about this place.

By: realthor

realthor — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:06:46 +0000

Wow, that’s freaking. Imagine someone at your door: “House delivery!!!” What tip would you let for that load;))
On the other hand, if the quality was good, many chalets and holiday houses will be made like that. In Europe I don’t see many houses built like that, we like more stone, cement and bricks.