CONCEPTThe LANDHOUSE designer, Mark Merer, is an Artist-Sculptor with a Land Art background who feels compelled to correct the intrusive nature of most modern estate developments. Every time he passes a new housing development the same question arises... "Why doesn't anyone build a green looking building?" (article Opinion piece green places.pdf ). Many developments use modern and sustainable construction methods but visually imitate building techniques and materials from a bygone age. In the past, buildings reflected the times in which they were built, so it is relatively easy to tell the difference between Georgian and Victorian, but who knows what future generations will make of this current batch of backward looking housing estates. For the idea to be of interest to developers it had to be simple to build and competitively priced, so a flexible module that worked well in multiples was the answer. The sketches on the right show some of the development process of one LANDHOUSE design and some different ways this particular module can be used. |
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