I was poking around designers’ portfolios on Coroflot and thought I’d feature a few eye-catching, eco-friendly architectural designs.
Upcycling existing materials into something new and exciting is a great way to go ‘green’. Jamaica-based, Kamaal Manboard, created this container home design (above) for his 4th year student project at the Caribbean School of Architecture.
Going small, mobile and back to nature…Josif Neema’s ‘Folding Beach Hut’ (above) is a portable, leisure housing concept. The little hut is designed to fold-up into something resembling a box. Hope it doesn’t rain.
People who live in glass houses see more…The U.K.’s Joe Yardley envisions his Ecology Centre 2010 (above) as a venue in which to display current earth-friendly technologies and concepts. The hexagonal facade was inspired by the sciences of biology and organic chemistry, where the plant cell and the skeletal diagram of compounds chemistry grew from an earlier design based on the cellular sandstone ashlar of its Huddersfield location.
Having green, living plants around makes everyday urban life a little more endurable…Design Team: Farzan Shamasblou – Mahyar Mohammadi (Iran) – something on a bigger scale – the Babak Residential Complex (above) that stays green by strategically integrating living gardens into the design.
There’s always economies of scale and manufacturing efficiencies to be realized in prefab and modular housing manufacture. MisoSoupDesign – Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan – created the Live Pod prefab concept (above).
Feelgoodz has some new stock, so get ‘em while you can. These babies sell out fast. We love how comfy they feel. It’s 94 degrees outside, time to let those little piggies free!
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