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every building, like every person, is part of something bigger — a neighbourhood and its city.
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Mound, hearth, enclosure, roof, and column. The way we see it, Gottfried Semper and scholars already figured out what makes honest tectonic form. We're looking for the element that satisfies our primitive urge to value architecture that's good.
sliding house
in: suffolk, uk
by: dRMM
At the top of the brief given to dRMM, the client wrote: “we are prepared to be radical”. In 6 minutes, the roof and enclosure of the narrow, linear house, slides effortlessly open to reveal a glass shell beneath the siding. It is a creative response to connecting the occupants with the changing seasons, weather, and site conditions… As well as an awesome reminder that while building elements have to enclose and protect us, there’s no reason why they must be static.
