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Plus occasional updates on Dezeen’s services and breaking news. Sent every Thursday and featuring a selection of the best reader comments and most talked-about stories. Our most popular newsletter, formerly known as Dezeen Weekly. Diagram – click for larger image Floor plan – click for larger image The production designer of science-fiction film Ex Machina recently told Dezeen how he used architecture to create the thriller's clinical mood. Other architecture projects designed to resemble spaceships include a a mobile research studio that rolls around a military base and a shiny aluminium-clad house in the Netherlands. "It was funny and fantastic but quite challenging to integrate all of this stuff in a PassivHaus project," said Vilarasau, who added that ultimately she was pleased to work with "a client willing to follow an idea through to the end and down to the very last detail." Green lights on the sides of the exterior and a red light on the roof recall the navigation lighting used on aircraft. Two further modules are situated on either side, with one containing the bedroom and study, while the other houses the kitchen, dining and lounge space with its adjoining terrace.Īdditional details that enhance the futuristic feel of the interior include perforated metallic walls backlit by LEDs that can be adjusted to emit any colour of light. The control area is located in one of the modules that also incorporates the bathroom and the kitchen's services.
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Inside the entrance, a control hub influenced by George Lucas's Star Wars film series features two tablet computers that can be used to manage the home's technical services, including lighting, heating, security and the sound system. The front door is also automated and features a pantographic mechanism that causes it to open out and across, while emitting a recorded noise that evokes the pressurised doors of spaceships seen in many classic films. In addition to the space-age form, the architects integrated gadgetry that automates many of the house's services or enables them to be controlled remotely using an app.Ī sensor that receives a signal from the owner's mobile phone on approach prompts lights incorporated in the staircase to turn on and switches on the house's internal lighting if it is dark.
Metal legs raise the house four metres above the forest floor to provide panoramic views over the surrounding treetops, particularly from a large terrace that extends along one edge.Ī rolling stairway that previously belonged to Spanish airline Spanair was acquired from a Barcelona airport to provide access to the property's elevated entrance. The exterior cladding is made from lacquered galvanised steel sheets that enhance the building's technical aesthetic, while the highly insulated timber structure ensures excellent thermal performance.
Related story Aluminium-clad Rebel House by MONO reflects the colours of its surroundingsĪ prefabricated construction comprising three wooden modules attached to a metal frame enabled the architects to build The Spaceship Home in their workshop and erect it in just two months.