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• Temporary Social Installation In The Netherlands: Abondatus Gigantus
• Glass Walls and Clever Energy-Reducing Ideas: Dulieu Residence in New Zealand
• Innovative & Ergonomic Logica Kitchen System from Valcucine
• Inspired by Nature: LEAVES Sideboard Collection
• Sustainable Modern Home Conversion in California: Temple Hills Residence

Temporary Social Installation In The Netherlands: Abondatus Gigantus Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:44 AM PST Lego-lovers out there, you can add this construction to your Lego inspiration folder. Constructed in 2011, the pavilion is an urban stage for performances of all kinds exhibitions and events. The temporary pavilion was built for the Grenswerk Festival in Enschede, Netherlands, in a public space. Michiel de Wit and Filip Jonker of LOOSFM were the ones who designed the versatile and temporary meeting space named “Abondatus Gigantus“. Bricks in red, blue, yellow, black and white were carefully placed to shape a church-like structure that reinterprets the use of well-known Lego bricks. Rising 20 feet in the air, the installation features a a honeycomb pattern that draws natural light in. Bouncing off the colored walls, light creates an interesting effect inside. One of many Lego-inspired designs, the Abondatus Gigantus shows that an iconic design can serve as inspiration for many other interesting projects. You're reading Temporary Social Installation In The Netherlands: Abondatus Gigantus originally posted on Freshome. If you've enjoyed this post, be sure to follow Freshome on Twitter, Facebook and Google+

Glass Walls and Clever Energy-Reducing Ideas: Dulieu Residence in New Zealand Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:30 AM PST In developing this project, the architects at practice Studio MWA started from the characteristics of the site, a lovely nature retreat near Wellington, New Zealand. The butterfly shape was “adopted” by the project team while panning Dulieu Residence, a three bedroom family home. The architects explain: “Together with the client a brief was developed, but from the start it was obvious that a simple single story design using natural materials, quality orientation to capture sun to take advantage of passive solar energy heating, rainwater and spring water collection, environmentally responsible sewer treatment, with a sustainable approach was ideal. The final house is easy to live in, with indoor-outdoor flow, low maintenance, but the openness and simplicity are the main characteristics of this design. To create a residential project which has nearly 70% of exterior walls in glass is always very challenging in order to follow the standards and requirements, but we achieved all that and even more.” Impressed? You're reading Glass Walls and Clever Energy-Reducing Ideas: Dulieu Residence in New Zealand originally posted on Freshome. If you've enjoyed this post, be sure to follow Freshome on Twitter, Facebook and Google+

Innovative & Ergonomic Logica Kitchen System from Valcucine Posted: 27 Feb 2012 02:28 AM PST Kitchens are one of the hardest places in the house to keep tidy. They are constantly in use and no sooner have you cleaned up, washed the dishes and put everything away, another meal comes round and the cycle starts all over again. Then there are all the appliances and gadgets that you use regularly so you need them close at hand and don’t want them stashed at the back of the cupboard, but then when you’re not using them they take up valuable work surface. And their cables get in the way no matter what you do with them. If only there was a kitchen that could address all these issues…well now there is! The new and improved Logica Kitchen system by Valcucine is the next step on from the original Logica kitchen that the Italian manufacturer released back in 1996. At the time Valcucine revolutionised ergonomics when it introduced the Logica with its 80 cm depth and equipped back section, removable jumbo drawers and wall units with lift-up doors. Following painstaking research into customers requirements and the use of traditional kitchens, Valcucine has been able to perfect a few aspects of the Logica, resulting in an improved interaction between the user and the kitchen “system”. Valcucine’s reinvented Logica kitchen features the new equipped back section, which is capable of containing and concealing, when necessary, all the kitchen equipment: the dish-drainer, weighing scales, small appliances, removable cooking receptacles, bottle-racks, power sockets, a monitor, a kitchen roll holder, the tap, hooks for utensils and even a cooker hood. The equipped back section is available in aluminium or stainless steel and can be fitted against the wall or used in an island in the middle of the room. A gap for plumbing and electric connections is available on the inside giving you the freedom to choose the position of the sink and hob with no concern for where water and gas supply outlets are located. What do you think about this kitchen? Do you love the idea of the equipped back section as much as we do? You're reading Innovative & Ergonomic Logica Kitchen System from Valcucine originally posted on Freshome. If you've enjoyed this post, be sure to follow Freshome on Twitter, Facebook and Google+

Inspired by Nature: LEAVES Sideboard Collection Posted: 27 Feb 2012 01:24 AM PST We recently received information about an elegant furniture project, for the ones looking to add a white touch to their home. According to the press release we were sent, “LEAVES is a collection of storage units that takes inspiration from nature, designed by Italian architect Angelo Tomaiuolo and produced by Tonin CASA. The delicacy of a three-dimensional printed leaf creates original compositions. For those who strongly desire a personal and delicate living space, meant for a house that doesn’t need to be big in order to be beautiful, but that is thought with functionality and personalization to give shape to one’s emotions”. Beneath its elegant appearance, the design comes with a high degree of practicability. Have a look at all the hidden storage spaces, making this unit versatile, fit for a variety of interiors ! You're reading Inspired by Nature: LEAVES Sideboard Collection originally posted on Freshome. If you've enjoyed this post, be sure to follow Freshome on Twitter, Facebook and Google+

Sustainable Modern Home Conversion in California: Temple Hills Residence Posted: 27 Feb 2012 12:19 AM PST Temple Hills Residence is an imposing two-story contemporary home located in Laguna Beach, in California, USA. Envisioned by studio Schola Architecture, the project is is a remodel of an old house located on a hillside and currently integrates sustainable strategies, such as solar orientation, deep overhangs, operable glass and the use of renewable building materials. Here is more from the architects: “Nestled into a steeply sloping 5,000-square foot site, the volumes step up the hillside to the rear of the existing home creating an ascending series of interior and exterior spaces, giving access to all levels of the property. While the existing home creates the traditional base for the house, the new addition exploits the modular nature of post and beam connections. A monolithic concrete block mass anchors the addition; from which structure and glass pin wheel off creating ever dematerializing living spaces that open up to the views as one moves up through the home”. How do you find this modern home conversion? You're reading Sustainable Modern Home Conversion in California: Temple Hills Residence originally posted on Freshome. If you've enjoyed this post, be sure to follow Freshome on Twitter, Facebook and Google+

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