Overnight in the sleep-pipes

Overnight in the sleep-pipes

Austria's relatively new dasparkhotel is an inn "constructed from repurposed, incredibly robust drain pipes."


Each pipe's Zen-like "external simplicity," we're told, "surrounds an unexpectedly comfortable interior – full headroom, double bed, storage, light, power, woolly blanket and light cotton sleeping bag. All other hotelery devices (toilets, showers, minibar, cafe, etc) are supplied by the surrounding public space." Which means you piss in the bushes...?
In any case, dasparkhotel uses "simultaneously functional and comfortable concrete sleep-pipes" – or architecturally repurposed drains – to "offer the chance to experience a place in a totally new way."


According to Wallpaper, the hotel is "a big hit among passing canoeists."

(Via Archinect).

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Energy plants

Energy plants

[Image: Metropolis points us toward a new design project by Aleksandar Rodic. "Windfarm installation is controversial in many communities," Metropolis writes. The controversy is relatively superficial, however, as it's inspired by worry over "the visual impact of turbines... on the natural landscape." Thus, to improve "the aesthetics of renewable power generation," there is REimaginations, a traveling exhibit in which Rodic's image first appeared: "Compared to polluting energy sources, the exhibit suggests, 21st century wind farms represent an elegant blend of form and function." For a related project, see WorldChanging].

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