A Laboratory of Primitive Spaces

Polytunnel by Divooe Zein Architects via dezeen is a permeable net structure which allows trees to poke through and vegetation and animals to inhabit the spaces. The spaces will be used for meditation, workshops and a gallery.

"The material we used is not designed for people to live there comfortably, but in contrary it's designed for plants and animals to stay," said studio designer Fanyu Lin.

What is also evident from the photographs and drawings is that the structure allows different spaces to be created, differing in light, exposure and probably sounds and smells.

The spaces have no real purpose other than to 'connect' with nature and create sensory experiences. As a secular society, I feel as if planners and developers forget about them due to their lack of purpose, but they're incredibly important to our wellbeing and growth.

Michael Hansmeyer

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Spanish Concrete House

...and murder scene
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Slovakian house

 

Dezeen Finds

Moon House South Korea via dezeen




Karin MAtz
Unfinished Plaster, Sweden

Fionna O'neil, Central Saint Martins

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Mole Architects

GRADE New York




Ginerbread House

Zinc clad dormer London


Chris Dyson Architects
 

Light and Dark

Tokyo Studio Hannat,  Miyagi Prefecture, E House via dezeen

I'm not sure about the external appearance of this house in Japan but I like the concept of reintroducing shadow as a quality in inhabited spaces;

"Uniformly bright space is not always appealing," said studio co-founder Risa Tsutsumi. "Light and shadow always coexist in traditional Japanese culture, where darkness accentuates lightness and refined culture appreciates the existence of darkness."