This living laboratory is just that. Its concrete shell is covered in high-density insulation wrapped in geo-fabric, and a secondary support structure envelops the building mass. The secondary structure supports 1200 hydroponically grown ferns “coming from the Devonian period, technologically domesticated to come back in the actual regressive French period,” in order to achieve a subtropical retreat in the middle of Paris.
Drastically simplified forms accentuate the rich spatial complexity of this house and studio in Stuttgart Germany by C18 Architects.
Rubber music studio/practice space for the University of Sheffield in the UK.
This project makes a strong postmodern statement in its interpretation of building type through materiality. The “stringent acoustic requirements” of this music center are expressed in literal terms with the use of a thick rubber skin.