Now You Can Live In A Hobbit House That Takes Only 3 Days To Assemble
Who doesn’t want to live as comfortably as a hobbit in his hole? With Green Magic Homes, you too can now live the dream of hairy feet and eating cheese. GMH company makes prefabricated houses that are meant to be covered with soil. The homes are easy to assemble, and you can easily plant grass – – or even vegetables if you like. The turf keeps the house cool in summer and warm in winter.
GMH are built from modules and come in several sizes. The smallest one room module can be assembled in three days; a large one would take about a week! The material used is fiber reinforced polymer, and is supposed to last two hobbit lifetimes or several human ones… as long as you have assembled it right!
More info: More info: greenmagichomes.com (h/t: inhabitat )
Martynas Klimas
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3D-Printed City Shells For Hermit Crabs by Aki Inomata
Japanese artist Aki Inomata combines architecture, cutting-edge 3D printing technology and hermit crabs together in one brilliant project, titled “Why Not Hand Over a “Shelter” to Hermit Crabs?” Inspired by the urban landscapes of the biggest cities in the world, Inomata used 3D printing to create elegant shells for the little hermit crabs, which change their shelters as soon as they grow out of their old ones. As they often borrow shells cast off by other species (like sea snails), Inomata decided to hand them beautiful new specially-made shelters instead.
The artist came up with this unique idea when she found out about a similar bit of behavior among humans; the location of the former French Embassy in Japan, which had been French land, became Japanese from October 2009 for the following fifty years, after which it will be returned to France. “ The same piece of land is peacefully transferred from one country to the other, ” writes Inomata. “ These kinds of things take place without our being aware of it. “
Be sure to click on the videos below, which will show not only the process of hermit crab shell 3D printing, but also the surreal spectacle of the crabs receiving their gifts.
More info: aki-inomata.com (h/t: spoon-tamago )
New York City
Windmill landscape
Thailand
Santorini, Greece
Port City
Greece
Why Not Hand Over a “Shelter” to Hermit Crabs?
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