The Flying Tent Project, Concept building design, The possibility of an island contest
The Flying Tent Concept Building
Conceptual Architecture design by BABELstudio, Architects, San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain
7 Feb 2012
Date of design: 2012-
Design: BABELstudio
Being a contribution to a limited edition architecture magazine entitled ‘The possibility of an island’, the design reconceives the common ideas of travelling and shelter.
image from BABELstudio
The Flying Tent
The flying tent is the conception of a brief escape, a possibility of an island, a minimal container for its inhabitants drifting over landscapes and towns.
Designed as a lightweight structure it is organized into two levels: an entrance area, a kitchen unit and a cocoon serving as a bathroom constitute the first level. A sleeping area, studio and a playing area are organized as an open space on the second level. Technical units are integrated in the slaps, containing the technical infrastructure, fresh water supply and an efficient battery.
The facades are competely transparent, views to the passing landscape are not restricted by no form of framework, the surroundings can float through this conceptual building design.
The Flying Tent image / information from BABELstudio
Location: San Sebastian, Northeast Spain, southwestern Europe
Spanish Architectural Designs
Contemporary Architecture in Spain – architectural selection below:
Another design by BABELstudio on e-architect:
Metro entrances for San Sebastian, Spain
2011-
image from BABELstudio
Metro San Sebastian
Bilbao Building Designs
Bilbao Architectural Designs
Bilbao Architecture Design – chronological list
San Mamés Stadium Athletic Club of Bilbao, Rafael Moreno Pitxitxi Kalea
Design: IDOM
photograph : Aitor Ortiz
San Mamés Stadium Athletic Club of Bilbao
Athletic Club of Bilbao is one of the big clubs in European football and its previous stadium, over a hundred years old, was one of the legendary ones, popularly referred to as the cathedral of football.
Floating among trees
Design: Architects A54
photograph : Nivelarte
Floating among trees
The house, which was built in six months using the industrialized construction system of Sustainable Energy & Housing (SEH), with a steel structure and patented enclosure walls, takes up a plot of land in a residential area on the outskirts of Bilbao in a setting with oak forests situated between two streets generating a steep slope.
Architectural Concept Designs – Selection
Hanging Tower
The architectural project is an American casino resort, a satellite alternative to Las Vegas, located on a dramatic site between the Hoover Dam and the Bypass Bridge. The resort caters to various 21st century vices including entertainment (concert venues, MMA Fighting), gambling and luxury living.
Tornado House – concept design
The revised conception of the home finds itself somewhere between garage doors, flowers, and the survival mentality of a turtle. A series of simple hydraulic levers are used to push the home in and out of the ground and deflect and warp the outer skin in response to external stimulation.
Metropolitan Vertical Theme Park
Suburb-located Themeparks have been by-product of automobile-centered society. Indescribably horrible traffic congestion and huge hard-scaped (Hot asphalt) parking lots and has become a constant problem in the towns where these theme parks have located.
Sphere Shelter
The idea is based on the experience that any kind of building materials are rare in disaster areas and that available materials are used for purposes other than intended. With Sphere, a change in the use of the materials is intended as part of the life cycle of the product right from the beginning.
Rotated
‘rotatED’ has been developed as a single modular entity capable of being turned on any of its seven sides to create an outdoor place with infinite possibilities for activities such as play, learning and performance within a sheltered, natural environment.
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