PPE can be used to make concrete stronger, but you’ll need Automatic Construction to build you an inflatable concrete house in days rather than weeks or months. How does it work? A rolled-up PVC version of the home is transported to the location before it is inflated using air compressors, along with the shoring.
Charlie built an off-the-grid floating home 25-years-ago after retiring from his foresting job and has been living there ever since. His wife Ellen joined him in 2016 on this solar-powered living space that spans 900-square-feet over 2-levels. Most of the wood used in the build was milled by Charlie himself, while a hydraulic splitter can be found in the workstation to make splitting the pieces easier for additions.
Dubai’s Floating Seahorse Villa project by the Kleindienst Group was first unveiled back in 2015, and since then, not much has been seen or heard about them. Recently, a few in-depth tours have surfaced, with one by real estate expert Enes Yilmazer taking you through a $4.7-million USD house. There are a total of 131 units available, with a handful of them being Signature Editions that can cost upwards of $20-million.
Perched 40-feet in the air on stilt-like legs is the minimalist UHU cabin, which may look like something you’d see in a science fiction movie at first, but is actually a modern living space, complete with WiFi as well as in-wall speakers. Designed by Repère Boréal, this unique experience lets you view the Saint-Laurence river and the nearby region like never before.
Reliving your childhood in the Home Alone house is one thing, ‘The Boot’ in New Zealand is an entirely different fairy tale-like Airbnb experience. It’s located right off the Tasman Coast, an area where you’ll find plenty of natural beauty, along with a rugged coastline, backed by mountain scenery.
We have seen the future of construction, and there’s plenty of 3d-printing drone swarms. Think of this construction method as a variation on how wasps make large nests, as multiple drones collaborate to build using a single blueprint. It starts with a single drone depositing a layer of building material, with another one verifying the accuracy of what has been printed thus far.
We have the floating, solar-powered Anthénea Hotel Suite on Earth, but Hilton has partnered with the Voyager Starlab space station as well as Lockheed Martin to bring the same experience to astronauts. Aside from creating modern hospitality suites and sleeping arrangements, Hilton is set to also collaborate with Voyager to examine opportunities for marketing of the space station and astronaut experiences onboard.
Photo credit: Holly Grounds
Holly Grounds, a product design student at London’s Ravensbourne University, was concerned about the amount of plastic waste that companies used to package instant noodles. So, she came up with edible instant ramen packaging that dissolves in hot water, complete with spices. It’s made from potato starch, glycerin and water, all of which can be safely consumed.
LG’s Media Chair is designed so you can work for as long as necessary, but these coffin office chairs are the complete opposite. It looks very similar to a real wooden coffin with some added cushioning for your back and bottom, although there isn’t much room for your legs to move around.
Just when you thought the Burj Khalifa couldn’t take him anymore records, Znera Space proposes building a massive Downtown Circle ring around it that sits 1,800-feet off the ground. The goal was to build densely while retaining liveability, and as a singular 5-story mega building complex, Downtown Circle aims to create a hyper efficient urban center that gives back to the environment.