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By: crystal waddell-gardiner

crystal waddell-gardiner — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:27:59 +0000

This is a fantastic website and a great project. A group of architect students have started Project Outrage. With this group we are trying to inform as many people as possible about our plight for design and construction that not only aesthetically conscious, but is also sustainable. If anyone is interested in this group please join our facebook:

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thanks
crystal

By: CubeMe » Blog Archive » Construisons Demain by Eric Wuilmot

CubeMe » Blog Archive » Construisons Demain by Eric Wuilmot — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:34:52 +0000

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By: Anthony Longo

Anthony Longo — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:14:26 +0000

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By: g2

g2 — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:39:20 +0000

Courtyards good. Full glass walls…. deal-killer. Life in the Fishbowl, zero acoustical privacy (say byebye to your sex life unless you don’t make a peep), questionable visual privacy (those drop-down curtains don’t seal to the edges, perfect for the voyeur who doesn’t mind a slightly skewed view), and no security whatsoever (one brick is all it takes to gain total access).

What’s with this fetish for glass, anyway? Is this modern architecture embracing the Big Brother Society with a great big smile? Is this a generation who have grown up being photographed and videotaped everywhere they go including the public bathroom stalls so they don’t care any more?

Few things in modern life are quite so disturbing as the willingness of the public to throw away all concepts of privacy.

By: carrie

carrie — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:55:13 +0000

I love the courtyard. I wonder if one could put those solar louvres from the German Solar Decathalon winner in front (back), and replace much of the walls with glass.

By: J.

J. — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:21:59 +0000

LOL … I may have converted the 8 x 8 sq.m properly (690 sq.ft.) BUT totally missed the part that identified it as being the *courtyard* area.

So, this isn’t the small home of my dreams :-( … It is, however, a good example of a good concept!!

Cheers again
J

By: J.

J. — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:04:00 +0000

Love the Courtyard concept for a few reasons. Two being useability, and the opportunity to “densify” land use [i.e. no need for room between left/right/back neighbours] without losing access to, and privacy in, an outdoor space!

Also love the fact that this is a *small* home (approx. 690 sq. ft. if I converted correctly) — which is another very necessary aspect if we’re to make best use of land … and not pave over the whole planet :-).

Thanks, Inhabitat, for letting us know about it!

Cheers to all
J.

By: Construisons Demain, una casa prefabricada y eficiente | Ecolosfera

Construisons Demain, una casa prefabricada y eficiente | Ecolosfera — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:30:30 +0000

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By: simon seassons

simon seassons — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:15:55 +0000

What a beautiful thing to see a courtyard included into ESdesign again.

Just the other day I was writing up a teaching aid on the interpretation of space using the mind game of getting someone to first define what their definiton was of an interior space and then an exterior space.

“Now try to imagine a space that is both interior and exterior at the same time and then explain how you might contain and divide such a space.”

People look at that question and you can see on their faces “Does not compute, does not compute!!!!”

Thank you ‘Demain’ or should I say thank you ancient Crete, 1000 BC.