Moving into your own Shell
No, I’m not talking about gas stations here. A young couple in Mexico grew tired of living in a conventional home, and wanted to move into something more “natural”. They commissioned Senosiain Arquitectos to build them their new home, and the end result was a gigantic Nautilus. The special house was put together using ferrocement construction, a technique involving a frame of steel-reinforced chicken wire with a special two-inch-thick composite of concrete spread over it. The end result a unique structure that’s earthquake-proof and requires no maintenance. The cost was reportedly around €160.000. Last we heard, the constant sound of the ocean was keeping everybody up all night.
Very cool digs. I think if I lived there I’d suddenly feel like Alice falling into the rabbit hole. Cool, but very trippy.
Pretty sweet idea if you ask me, elegant yet simple?
uhm… where is the kitchen ?
Well prettycoolthings.com, that really is pretty cool! Looks like a fairly nice place to live…
A living space like this would bring a person into closer communion with Nature.
The house is beautifully conceived and executed.
The local Century 21 Rep wouldn’t like it, but who cares about that?
That’s fuckin’ badass! We want a home like that!
I’d be worried about some giant gastropod moving in in the middle of the night.
I like the basic design, but that bathroom needs redone badly. What’s that hideous shower head? (It looks uncomfortable to use too!)
i want one
I like this design because is revelation for The Modern Grotto for a new
civilization that just remember the first civilization primitive communal system….
I’d hate to think what the concrete it took to build that thing costs….
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millions of years of evolution can’t be wrong
That is an amazing design… But where is the home theater with state of the art 7.1 surround sound and 105 inch 1080p Projector?
That primary living space looks serene enough but most of the space is wasted on nature. Nature is wonderful, but I leave it outdoors for a reason.
Heck, Bilbo’s place in the Shire was filled with cabinets and bookcases.
Still, very cool living space. I’d like to see exteriors.
like this? check out ushida-findlay.com
especially the truss wall house under uf partnership in projects
So, Doc, You think I’m living in a shell ? Awsome!
This is beautiful, I would love to live there!
Wow… reminds me of being stuck in a K-hole somehow….
Awe. Bummer. For some reason I can’t see the images. I’ll check back later. Voted up on reddit anyway.
where do ya get these shells ?? please tell me !!
The only way this place could be any tackier would be with the addition of some Elvis on velvet, or maybe a sign saying “George Jetson slept here”.
holy…shit!!!!!!!!
I just sorta suppose that actual Mexicans don’t live here.
Anyone else think it looks like the inside of a Cheesecake Factory restaurant?
That’s my kind of living headquarters.
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Until i saw the outside view of the house i thought it was the Flinstones house..lol
Final Fantasy much?
Wow!! If god gave out wishes, I would be living there. It is amazing!! Great Feng-shui energy. It is classic 60’s interior design with a touch of star trek…..and then some. Who ever actually lives there, please send me the plans for building and invite me to dinner.
Wow.. This looks like something out of a fairy tale…
this is like alice in the wonderland , very very good idea
I appreciate the whimsy of it. Very Willy Wonka-ish, but I think I would eventually get tired of it’s limited possibilities.
I want one oO Seriously. That’s crazy good!
This is DOPE! i would love to like in that! very whimsical. i love it. very creative. great work!
Very Gaudi- esque!
words fail me! oh the parties i’d have in that place! you wouldn’t even need to think about the decor!
Quite the garden inside. Just wondering if there was grass to mow… and if you would use then a push mower.
the mexican arquitect is javier senosian
more on his bioarquitecture site
http://www.arquitecturaorganica.com/
Oh! How gorgeous, I want!
Damn, Cherie beat me to the punch! Reminds me very much of the Gaudi park in Barcelona. Very cool.
Where can I get one
that has to be a pain to deal with when you need to re-wire for lighting, or a pipe breaks? no?
Wrap two, pls
Wow! The house looks super cool! Wonder how people get such great ideas!
Wicked House
Wow, that’s pretty crazy. I wish I could afford one of the units in my back yard.
looks like a modern Bedrock home for Fred, Wilma, Pebbles, and Dino. Is there another near by for Barney, Betty, and Bam-Bam? …. i like it!
Looks cozy! from the inside!
Not too original in my book, Pierre Cardin already did it.
wow,this is so cool. it sort of loks like the home where the teletubbies reside =)
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I’ve got a big problem with this. There’s a good reason for saying “natural” in quote marks. Steel, chicken wire and concrete? Do you know the CO2 emissions related to these materials? Far, far, far from ‘natural’. If these people wanted to get closer to nature while having a beautiful, genuinely natural, well-insulated, low impact home in tune with its surroundings, they could have done so more easily and more cheaply. Just google ‘cob houses’ or ‘low impact dwellings’, or for example check out this http://www.simondale.net/house/index.htm. Lecture over!
thats cool………..
Bruce Goff also did a similar design, but on a larger scale and using recycled materials (Bavinger House).
shezzoWICKED!.. loved to live on that house !
I like the way the house works with nature. It’s amazing!
Very cool concept dont know if i would live in one.