 Photographs: H. Ouwersloot |
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This model (scaled 1 : 20) is a detailed proposal for a way to live together in harmony with nature. The house can be build by a group of people as a form of re-creation. There is much more fun in building a house together, than to go jogging and burn up a lot of energy.
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West by day |
West by night |
South |
East |
 North by day |
North by night |
| This model is designed for northern
climates, where the sun heat can be collected in a greenhouse facing south
and stored in the north wall, which is insulated with straw bales. The
frame of the house is made of round wood poles and knotted with ropes,
although metal joints can be applied (see photo to the right). The
fill and body of walls, floors and ceilings is adobe (a mixture of clay,
sand and straw), which is applied on a weaving of willow branches (photo
to the right below). Such techniques are reminiscent of so called
‘Fachwerk’ houses and wood frame houses with wattle and daub fill.
Therefore the design ideas are syntheses of futurism and traditionalism. |
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A cave like bath stores excessive
heat of the greenhouse and fireplaces, as do the adobe masses (see
photo’s to the left). The roof can be finished with thatch, which is
grounded in the adobe finish of the wattle and daub outside surface. These
are ancient techniques, which can be applied for the future. |
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| The model has been exhibited on
various occasions along with a poster explaining the ideas that form the
starting point for such a building.
Many eyes and hands "saw" the model house, even the hands of a blind man. |
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Exhibition The other view of the future (left) was part of the environmental manifestation "het nationale milieu spektakel". |
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