Comments on: PREFAB FRIDAY: EcoCoon Retreats http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/13/prefab-friday-eco-coons-mathier-collos/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:39:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: unknownhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/13/prefab-friday-eco-coons-mathier-collos/comment-page-1/#comment-164634 unknown Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:09:33 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/13/prefab-friday-eco-coons-mathier-collos/#comment-164634 i think u should have given more details as how the house is been placed on the tree and how the house funtions.it looks quite simple on paper but it is not so. i think u should have given more details as how the house is been placed on the tree and how the house funtions.it looks quite simple on paper but it is not so.

]]> By: brownhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/13/prefab-friday-eco-coons-mathier-collos/comment-page-1/#comment-142240 brown Wed, 13 May 2009 10:01:31 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/13/prefab-friday-eco-coons-mathier-collos/#comment-142240 I just don't understand why so much of eco architecture has to be so ugly! i think eco structures should be designed to blend more with their environment, to reflect nature in this way. why must we inhabit such angles!! I just don’t understand why so much of eco architecture has to be so ugly!
i think eco structures should be designed to blend more with their environment, to reflect nature in this way. why must we inhabit such angles!!

]]> By: nofelixhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/13/prefab-friday-eco-coons-mathier-collos/comment-page-1/#comment-117543 nofelix Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:03:24 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/13/prefab-friday-eco-coons-mathier-collos/#comment-117543 mrs-deane:swaying about in a storm might be part of the fun!and trees have successfully been put through buildings before with a type of clear valve/window. I can't remember the project but there's a well known one which is a large cuboid near a beach (I think) with many small trees going through it. And that works fine mrs-deane:

swaying about in a storm might be part of the fun!

and trees have successfully been put through buildings before with a type of clear valve/window. I can’t remember the project but there’s a well known one which is a large cuboid near a beach (I think) with many small trees going through it. And that works fine

]]> By: atozglobalhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/13/prefab-friday-eco-coons-mathier-collos/comment-page-1/#comment-117457 atozglobal Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:15:41 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/13/prefab-friday-eco-coons-mathier-collos/#comment-117457 It certainly gets one to thinking. It could lead to EcoCoons on a recycled utility poles. We have to keep an open mind, and solve the little problems. It is interesting. No real foundation needed either. I might try one closer to the ground. Walt It certainly gets one to thinking. It could lead to EcoCoons on a recycled utility poles. We have to keep an open mind, and solve the little problems. It is interesting. No real foundation needed either. I might try one closer to the ground.
Walt

]]> By: mrs-deanehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/13/prefab-friday-eco-coons-mathier-collos/comment-page-1/#comment-117425 mrs-deane Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:15:45 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/13/prefab-friday-eco-coons-mathier-collos/#comment-117425 Architects designer dwellings like these should perhaps study the treetrunks a bit closer, They are used as highways and throughroutes for many organisms, who will find their way blocked by these constructions. Also, smaller insects will still find their way into the cabins, something which not all tourists might appreciate, but it might be insects that damage the materials used in the interior. Also, I wouldn't feel to sure about spending the night in one of these when it was storming. All in all, it may look eco and fashionable, it might just be nothing but an architectural folly and vanity. Architects designer dwellings like these should perhaps study the treetrunks a bit closer, They are used as highways and throughroutes for many organisms, who will find their way blocked by these constructions. Also, smaller insects will still find their way into the cabins, something which not all tourists might appreciate, but it might be insects that damage the materials used in the interior. Also, I wouldn’t feel to sure about spending the night in one of these when it was storming. All in all, it may look eco and fashionable, it might just be nothing but an architectural folly and vanity.

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