Comments on: INHABITABLE CARDBOARD ROOMS

By: martin c

martin c — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:59:00 +0000

if anyone knows where to get the plans and details of the cost please write me at internetmartin@gmail.com

By: deborah

deborah — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:57:28 +0000

i run a manufacturing plant in oklahoma and have a great deal of cardboard. I do try to reccyle everything but some months the cardboard boxes that accummulate is amazing. Any ideas on something that I could do-make-create-use the large amount of cardboard that I collect. Hope you can give an idea or direct me on how to use this. Our company is green! Deborah Lewis

By: peter

peter — Tue, 08 May 2007 08:45:16 +0000

quite the remarkable thing might seem novel but with a little bit of enginuity more eco friendly than plastic

By: arthur

arthur — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:01:46 +0000

i’m not convinced that this is good for anything. it’s certainly cool; but, for me, it’s an enormous waste of material. it’s a one -liner that is still ‘inside the box’. for a rectangular (and more spatially potent) version, visit Ini Ani, by LTL. It is located in New York, in the Lower East Side.

By: norm

norm — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:07:56 +0000

it looks like similar idea from ‘glass house competition’ winning entry…around 1993 if i am not mistaken..same idea except it uses glass and laid vertically!!

By: PaulS.

PaulS. — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:01:43 +0000

Richie asked about fire retardant chemicals that might be used on this project. Here’s a story from the Seattle Times about a possible ban on fire retardant chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE’s) and decabromo diphenyl ether.

http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=pbde21m&date=20060121&query=flame+retardant

In the text of the story they state: “While the risk to humans is not yet fully clear, the chemicals can alter brain development and cause reproductive problems in laboratory animals. (Washington) State officials want to halt the use of PBDEs now as a precaution.”

By: royalestel

royalestel — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:21:42 +0000

Yeah it’s nifty looking, but I was also wondering about practicality.

HOWEVER, for a sound-absorbing room, this must be awesomely cheap!! Which makes it a candidate to replace other expensive options!

By: Richie

Richie — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:57:21 +0000

What kind of toxic chemicals would have to be used to ‘fireproof’ this structure and would they off-gas so as to be inhaled and rub off on clothing and skin ? What about corrugated plastic cardboard instead ?

By: David in Bali

David in Bali — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:05:06 +0000

Now this is thinking outside the ??? hmm, make that inside ??? hmm, ok, this is the box! Yes it has it short comings but it’s creative and inspiring – good for temp rooms in cavernous speace.

By: Shutter4U

Shutter4U — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:50:11 +0000

Hope they don’t leave that light on too long! or fall asleep with a cigarette burning, or live in a hot, dry climate, etc. That place is a fire hazard!!

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:53:04 +0000

Probably manufactured with a large format laser cutter with CAD templates. Essentially you would create a sculptural volume and then segment it and direct that information into the machine to cut it. The material is probably coated so that it resists moisture and may even be fire-rated. Definitely solid and can be leaned on. Really lovely.

By: metis

metis — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:06:49 +0000

so, it looks cool, and i’ll wager is an absurdly acoustically dead space, but how much does it weigh, can it be leaned on, and that’s a lot of tree bits to recycle when you spill a soda on it, or try to mop the floor.

By: brittany

brittany — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:54:30 +0000

this is amazing..how did u do this