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The Solar Vineyard House to woo wine lovers in a sustainable manner

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 07:04 am GMT +00:00 Naresh Chauhan

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The Solar Vineyard House by Michael Jantzen is a conceptual proposal for a house designed especially for wine lovers in the temperate climate of California. The 5000 square foot structure incorporates a small wine making facility, and it would be built in the middle of its own private vineyard. The house would be partially powered by four large curved solar panels that are integrated into the south side of the structure. The house also incorporates natural ventilation and the interior is shaded with large overhangs that extend over all of the glass windows and doors.

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Four-block Concept ‘The Tree of Life’ chosen for World Expo 2015, Milan

Saturday, May 4th, 2013 11:25 pm GMT +00:00 Dakshina Singh

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It isn’t unusual when innovative thinkers generally stay swamped with designing unique concept for wider future possibilities and advanced mechanism. While we have caught quite a lot of glimpses of interesting concepts, the one by Nemesi & Partners Srl, Proger SpA and BMS Progetti Srl thoroughly stands distinguished. As part of eco-friendly projects, the team led by Nemesi & Partners Srl, Proger SpA and BMS Progetti Srl has now designed a unique Four-block ‘The Tree of Life’ Concept – which is already chosen for an international competition for the design of the Padiglione Italia at Expo 2015.

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Bamboo houses provides safe and sustainable shelter during floods

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 11:10 am GMT +00:00 Naresh Chauhan

Bamboo houses by H&P Architects

Natural calamities, such as flooding, are a common phenomenon that affects millions of people worldwide, including South East Asia, and leave people homeless at the mercy of nature. Addressing the issue, Vietnam-based architectural firm by the name H&P Architects has come up with a sustainable housing solution that promises to provide shelter to the people who lose their homes due to devastating floods.

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BIQ House in Hamburg is the world’s first algae-powered building

Monday, April 15th, 2013 12:29 pm GMT +00:00 Naresh Chauhan

BIQ House

Taking modern, sustainable architecture to the next level, International design firm Arup has come up with an algae-powered building called the “BIQ House” in Hamburg that integrates a bio-adaptive algae facade to provide internal shading. Claimed to be the world’s first algae-powered building, the BIQ House will become a testing hub for self-sufficient living buildings and sustainable energy generation in urbanities.

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The Leaf is a solar energy station for public places

Friday, April 12th, 2013 12:00 pm GMT +00:00 Naresh Chauhan

The Leaf by Andrea S Villarreal

Drawing users towards sustainable energy, designer Andrea S Villarreal has come up with a solar energy station called the “Leaf” that provides a charging space to juice up small electronics in public places. Harnessing solar energy through photovoltaic panels incorporated in the roof/shade, sustainable also integrates a comfortable bench where users can sit and relax with their friends and family, while charging their portable gadgets.

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The Home-Scape presents a prefabricated, modular building system

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 06:26 am GMT +00:00 Naresh Chauhan

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Designed by Michael Jantzen, the Home-Scape is a design study for a prefabricated, modular, building system, which can be increased or decreased in size, and the shape can be changed to accommodate changing needs. The material of choice for its construction is a lightweight pre-insulated concrete composite panel. The shapes of the structures are intended to create an organic landscape of buildings when they are clustered together. A few basic components can be joined together in many different ways to sculpt a great variety of forms.

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Vietnam Pavilion combines old cultural values with sustainable architecture

Thursday, April 4th, 2013 09:31 am GMT +00:00 Naresh Chauhan

Pavilion of dream terraces

Developed for Milano’s 2015 Expo, the Vietnam Pavilion by H&P Architects draws inspiration from the rice cultivation, which is an integral part of the wet rice civilization of Vietnam, on the terraces field. Amalgamating the agricultural values with modern architecture to construct a sustainably functioning space, the Vietnam Pavilion by the Chicago-based architectural firm makes use of steel structural frames, with a number of modules up to 7.5 m in length, attached by simple joins or overlapping.

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Solar powered Entangled Pavilion explores the idea of ‘interactive architecture’

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 09:02 am GMT +00:00 Anupam Jolly

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The Entangled Pavilion by eco-conscious architect and designer Michael Jantzen is one in a series of design studies that explore new ways in which architecture can be reinvented in order to become more responsive to the people who use it. This is a design study for a new kind of interactive architecture.

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Bloom phytoplankton farm filters salty water into fresh water and soaks up carbon dioxide

Friday, March 29th, 2013 12:27 pm GMT +00:00 Naresh Chauhan

Bloom Floating Phytoplankton Farm

With limiting space on earth due to fast growing population, scientist and researchers are exploring new possibilities where we can live and work to sustain our lives. Addressing the issue, Paris-based Sitbon Architectes has come up with a futuristic semi-submersible farm called the “Bloom” where inhabitants can grow phytoplankton-microscopic marine organisms which helps in eliminating carbon dioxide from the environment, other than providing shelter to the people.

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Solar and wind powered ‘Smart Station’ also harvests rainwater

Monday, March 18th, 2013 09:26 am GMT +00:00 Naresh Chauhan

Smart Station by Saeid Khajevand

Mountain bikers and trekkers have to turn their gadgets off due to the lack of electricity access in countryside, mountainous areas and off-city tourist places. Addressing the issue, designer Saeid Khajevand has come up with a multifunctional stop called the “Smart Station” that harnesses green energy to generate the required electricity to offer some essential services for adventurers, who love to explore untouched places in the countryside or high mountains.

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