Mexican Architect Javier Senosiain

As more and more tiny homes make their way into the mainstream, we are beginning to see a trend taking place in terms of architecture, that is, shapes inspired by the flow of nature.

These tiny homes was conceptualized by Mexican architect Javier Senosiain of Arquitectura Organica, a type of design he calls “bio-architecture” —the idea that buildings based on organic forms bring us back to our cultural roots and help to create harmony with nature. 8743211_orig

Infused with clever splashes of colourful stained glass light and an array of whimsical stone stepping-ways and greenery, its interior layout evidently exudes a ‘lost in Wonderland’ feel. Even more magical is the exterior, which is shaped like a giant sea shell.

Senosiain said the project came about after a young family from Mexico City were tired living in a conventional home  and wanted to change to one integrated to nature. The result is undoubtedly astounding.

Another highlight of this tiny home is that it is earthquake-proof and maintenance proof, a highly crucial feature considering the location.

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Senosiain’s bio-architect concept is surely the type of progressive thinking we need moving forward in a world of sustainability. Besides that, it’s just so freaking cool! Who wouldn’t want a house like this?

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Enjoy your voyage through Nautilus House, and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Twin Oaks Intentional Community | Virginia 

13_14_Rec_Ag-1596-3600-1200-100-cTwin Oaks Intentional Community, in central Virginia, since 1967.

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“We are approximately 90 adults and 15 children ranging in age from newborn to 80 years. Our contiguous land encompasses over 350 acres and extends over a mile up from the South Anna River. It includes creeks, woods, hilly pastures and farmland.

Over the years we have built seven large group houses, a children’s building, a community center including our main communal kitchen, industrial buildings, and various other structures. We have incorporated solar and/or wood heat in almost all of our buildings.”

Source: Twin Oaks Intentional Community – Home

 

Wall House | High Rent Tent

wallhouse3Merging green living, camping, and comfortable suburban residence, Frohn & Rojas’ Wall House in Santiago de Chile is a feat of both aesthetics and engineering. The small-scale home rejects traditional building approaches, providing an interesting take on the wall as a more qualitative and complex element, addressing our relationship with the outdoors, and inspiring social interactions within the home. Not to mention its super-cool and very high-tech “energy screen,” typically used in greenhouse construction, which yields diffused lighting and a regulated interior climate zone.

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“The project breaks down the ‘traditional’ walls of a house into a series of four delaminated layers (concrete cave, stacked shelving, milky shell, soft skin) in between which the different spaces of the house slip.wallhouse6

From the inside out the layers build upon one another, both materially and geometrically, blurring the boundary between the interior and the exterior and creating, through the specificity of the different materials used (many of which are not common in architectural applications), a series of qualitatively distinct environments.” -Frohn & Rojas

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Read more: Frohn Rojas, Wall House, Tent house, green living, green house « Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 

 

 

The Nimbus Concept

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The Nimbus Concept is a Futuristic, 4×4 Take on the VW Bus!

The Volkswagen Bus is a wonderful, iconic vehicle, but if you’ve seen “Little Miss Sunshine,” you’ll know that they are aging, and would make for a rather challenging vehicle to take on a road trip. But what if you could have all that style with modern reliability, and even more capability? The Nimbus might have you covered.

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The Nimbus by Eduardo Galvanis takes cues from the original VW bus, but then also bakes in some Baja bug and Lunar lander to make a truly go-anywhere family vehicle. The design somehow manages to make the bulbous body shape masculine with touches such as off-road tires, a raised ride height and cargo rack with light bar.

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Considering energy needs in the future, the Nimbus is powered by an electric drivetrain with a small gas power generator (think of the powertrain in the Chevy Volt). It has four drive modes- Energy Saver for city use, Standard Mode, Faster Cruise, and Four Wheel drive. It would use a lithium-ion battery and incorporate regenerative braking. The Nimbus is well connected, with a center touchscreen for internet access, as well as four USB ports. But the source post at Dornob points out that its best feature might be the large windows, providing massive views of whatever destination you seek.