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The idea behind the shots I would like to reach, is about a cabin in the middle of a stunning landscape where I can express my passion for travelling, adventure sports and landscape photography.
I am a very big fan of Chris Burkard work, an incredible landscape & travel photographer, and It is his work what I will use as an inspiration for this competion.
I hope to finish on time with all the shots and make great images.
I am looking forward to make a living root bridge on a creek. One of the only few root bridges in the world is in Meghalaya (India). Creating such an environment is going to be tough for sure. 😛 Fingers crossed.
Here are my plans and initial structure modelling for the cabin I intend to create. It will be eventually rendered in real-time using the Unreal Engine.
I am not an architect, but I love designing stuff like this and have really enjoyed problem solving how to make the design as modular as possible for ease of logistics.
It’s quite large. Each section is 4x4m and is around 3.5m high. It would represent a luxurious semi-permanent abode with plenty of home comforts.
The cabin could be configured as 2, 3 or 4 segments long and all of the interior and exterior skin sections are modular too.
Natural light will be obtained through sky portals for the bulk of the cabin sections. This is for security and privacy. There are two options for the first/last section “ends” with either a door or a large scenic window so any beautiful vistas can be enjoyed from the inside.
These images are a work in progress and demonstrate my ideas for the exterior cladding which will be a mix of cedar planks and either zinc or copper hexagonal “tiles” to provide some stark contrast to the surroundings and the natural materials. Alternatively, if a more natural look is sought, the entire structure could be cladded with any type of wooden planks.
I’ll be post some more updates when I have the exterior cladding modelled and applied.
I have decided to create cabin construction carying by pine trunks. Rope bridge connects it with mountain path.
I just knew, the synonyms for cabins includes the words amongst others includes shanty shack, shed, bothy, shieling, shiel, but and ben; cabana; tilt; mia-mia, gunyah, humpy; whare; hok; archaiccot; archaicshebang. quite funny no?
That aside, my concept derives and inspired by the architecture of thom mayne of morphosis architect and wes jones architect. whilst mostly inspired by the latter architecture and small habitat design.
” how robotics or hi tech the cabins is today will become primitive tomorrow rite? ” :
the proposal consist of a mix between raw materialism, hi tech materials and deconstructivsm. The word primitive and robotics is the biggest narratives here as the cabins is an ever evolving, adapting to its surrounding and environment, adding new or old, nature/raw materials to its constructions, expansions and adaptability to the site , perhaps redefining a new semiotics for how a cabin habitat evolves.
Site context may take the ethereal landscapes of the north such as Tromso, Lofoten or even iceland.
We use to see high level technology and special high end materials, sterile stuffs,etc.. when it’s about space travel and colonies on Mars. All of this is so disconnected to our reality, that it’s a bit scary I Think. Why ? Because we are definitely attached to our home called Earth, attached to The trees, the lakes, seas, wind, wood,etc..
My goal is to create a paradoxal picture combining the subject of the challenge : A cabin , which i imagine to be in wood,some Earth vegetation in the planet Mars environment.It’s a kind of transposition of the earthly life on Mars because, Finally it’s the human fatality: We would be ready to leave the earth but never without taking away some of it !
