Can true sustainability be applied to household gadgets we surround ourselves in our homes? Product designers prove that a radical approach forgoing plumbing and electricity can take home appliances to the new level significantly minimizing their environmental impact. These sustainable household machines can really change lifestyles and bring an ecological and social value to the users.
The ongoing crisis makes many of us think better about something we commonly take for granted – the air we breathe. Designers and engineers have been tackling this issue for years developing different face masks to protect people from polluted air, pollen and spreading infection and disease. We have prepared a selection of masks, both real and conceptual, from basic practical gauze products to high technology wearable filtering gadgets that can pass as a trendy accessory.
Footbridges can be equally stunning and awe-inspiring as their ‘elder brothers’ – road and rail bridges. As bridges intended for pedestrians and cyclists are generally narrower and less costly to construct, this allows architects and engineers to push boundaries of imagination. They conceive dramatic and beautifully designed structures that interact with the surrounding landscape, serving not solely for transporting people but acting as sculptural works of art.
Have you ever imagined taking your house anywhere you want? Check out these fully autonomous transportable homes that could be manufactured offsite, delivered on a truck, and simply dropped into any location, no matter how remote. You will be surprised by their eye-catching design and minimized impact on the environment.
As many people these days do not have possibility to head to the gym, regular working out at home looks like an ideal scenario to partake in regular activity and keep fit. Cleverly designed fitness solutions help bring fitness to your everyday life and save space in a small home or apartment being as decorative as it is functional.
Multifunctional bridges of the past that used to serve as an extension of city life with their residences and shops are long lost, with just a few amazing examples like Ponte Vecchio in Florence acting as a reminder. However, contemporary architects are sure that the concept can be applicable today, as they design multifunctional bridges that are both beautiful and practical – not only in terms of connecting two riverbanks but addressing numerous cultural, infrastructural and economic issues.
Today, the age of information in physical form is waning. This means the book’s intended function as an object has decreased. Artists employ the book as a sculptural medium and alter its physical form, finding for it new and unexpected roles.
No need to say that humans should respect wild nature they coexist with. Our feathered and flying neighbours deserve an amazing home too. Designers and architects pay it back to birds and bees developing fabulous habitats and feeders for them to use even in urban environment.
Water is an element that has given birth to life on Earth, and our bond with water remains significant as ever. Creating water-based habitats for humans will soon become a need to survive, as according to experts’ predictions, 90 per cent of the world’s largest cities will be exposed to rising seas by 2050. We are closing our series of posts dedicated to floating architecture with a selection of futuristic living spaces designed by architects as man-made floating ecocystems adapted to climate change and the resulting threat of rising sea levels and extreme weather events.
As the world’s climate changes, extreme weather events and rising sea levels present new challenges for architects. Floating architecture should not only be viewed upon as a way of making a building ‘future-proof’ in case of environmental disasters, it also attempts to find ways to live in peace with Water instead of trying to conquer it. Floating structures nowadays have the most different uses, recreational, infrastructure, cultural, and we have selected some impressive references.
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