Monday, February 10, 2020

PAN-tretopphytter (PAN treetop-cabins), Hedmark, Norway, Designed by Espen Surnevik


I'll give it this - it's unique.







14 comments:

  1. The hovel at the White Wolf Mine is built on a ridgeline that gives much the same effect without having to build a tower.

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  2. I suppose this is some kind of architectural statement but... this has to be the most inhospitable house I think I've ever seen. Narrow spaces, inaccessible tight corners, spartan uncomfortable furniture. Even the woodstove looks cold.

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  3. But such a view !! I like the disappearing dining table.

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  4. What ? No elevator ! How do I get my Steinway into the house ?

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    1. Dehydrate it, put it in a cardboard box, carry it up the stairs and add water.

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  5. The people down the hill from me in the East Kootenays, a lady architect and her builder husband, put up something like that. It's main feature, which I kind of like, is a gigantic solid glass triple garage door which rolls up to open the living room to the outdoors. It's mounted on a big counter-weighted axle and rotates all of a piece.

    The locals call the entire weird construction the garage-mahal and sneak onto the property to look at at it.

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  6. "Because I can" is a reason, I guess....

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  7. Bet it vibrates like mad in a snow or wind storm.

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  8. If you like running up and down stairs, I guess.

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  9. If you're over 30 and have even a touch of arthritis in your knees, this probably isn't going to work for you. A house built exclusively for retired professional cyclists and other athletes.

    It's pretty but it's probably the most user-hostile living space I've ever seen.

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  10. Built for retired athletes? Ever seen one try to walk? They, almost all, have serious knee problems and stair walking isn't their long suit.

    I have rarely seen a 'modern' design that I liked, they all look as cold inside as they do outside. Agreed, just because you can dream it up doesn't mean it isn't a nightmare.

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  11. Silly architectural statement. Unnecessary labour just to exist in such an inhospitable chilly interior.

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