Re-engineering Jewish Tradition. The Design Winners of Sukkah City, 2011.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzjYCJsPTUsW2PElse3XIZg_RXeKkqiyK0NnkPxu1lmBdljM2DY6fSepjm-YXsIiNx78oAQNh9oRBaxpXnkWfroEhuDkWqb4PO1tozJZvoOtoVsEiWRRtosNLePXExNW2Te2hruptdiY/s1600/sukkah+city+tjechman.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662801221594139730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzjYCJsPTUsW2PElse3XIZg_RXeKkqiyK0NnkPxu1lmBdljM2DY6fSepjm-YXsIiNx78oAQNh9oRBaxpXnkWfroEhuDkWqb4PO1tozJZvoOtoVsEiWRRtosNLePXExNW2Te2hruptdiY/s400/sukkah+city+tjechman.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 544px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">above: one of the ten winning submissions, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >60 degree Sukkah by </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Filip Tejchman of Brooklyn, NY, and Cambridge, MA</span><br /><br />Some of my readers may recall <a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2010/09/sukkah-city-12-radically-re-imagined.html">a post I wrote last year on Sukkah Cit</a>y, a design competition held in New York that proposed redesigning a Sukkah, a traditional shelter created for the Jewish Festival Of Sukkot.<br /> <br />Building and expanding upon New York’s Sukkah City 2010, Sukkah City STL proposed a re-imagination of the Sukkah, an ancient and temporary structure used by both nomads and harvesters. The jury selected work that defined and defied boundaries using ancient law and the contemporary experience of shelter. The design winners are below.<br /><br />Emery McClure Architecture, Lafayette, LA - <span style="font-style: italic;">Tené</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFOAwgXy-867uGfiClpeYjhbrvXKZNsE9mqY4d_I-nqnVDcMwLGoW9j6K-oAGri1I2dwBOmrFeLR0ruKibK4UqU2aMiBu5Kz5J6WOzR-wImVjK1r2ml1GBYv4Y-cpxqnAAp9NwpFUqUI/s1600/Sukkah-McClure_250.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662801810933759698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFOAwgXy-867uGfiClpeYjhbrvXKZNsE9mqY4d_I-nqnVDcMwLGoW9j6K-oAGri1I2dwBOmrFeLR0ruKibK4UqU2aMiBu5Kz5J6WOzR-wImVjK1r2ml1GBYv4Y-cpxqnAAp9NwpFUqUI/s400/Sukkah-McClure_250.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 462px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6mieGW5Yoxk-thOnS1ePhcxTgFx04xrAvAeH9JizIFsRbkvVj1H3bfxORKis62_Ee-kYY4pFbBZ6wjoS9KVFW1srBXiGL6RyUi9O7SvJM6s87Xta_bciUkDHRlAMd00mkLU7e1ZD4h8/s1600/Sukkah-McClure_2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662801942307853314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6mieGW5Yoxk-thOnS1ePhcxTgFx04xrAvAeH9JizIFsRbkvVj1H3bfxORKis62_Ee-kYY4pFbBZ6wjoS9KVFW1srBXiGL6RyUi9O7SvJM6s87Xta_bciUkDHRlAMd00mkLU7e1ZD4h8/s400/Sukkah-McClure_2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 381px;" /></a><br /><br />Act3 (Ben Kaplan), Trivers Architecture and STL Beacon, St. Louis -<span style="font-style: italic;"> Storycubes</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-azc_z5qfQxxfhYBgXxtdxJgYLmpSBgckazO8wBERBN3AOoLVt-N9vRAMEFg3KPM47sjexWTW9EevckgP2Dbd4zH6_Xw8VsfEaYsltHXI8cD6lSzRsrYXGtqMzT1jWaWsGgi-Ibhn9g/s1600/sukkah+city+ben+kaplan.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662801625671471890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-azc_z5qfQxxfhYBgXxtdxJgYLmpSBgckazO8wBERBN3AOoLVt-N9vRAMEFg3KPM47sjexWTW9EevckgP2Dbd4zH6_Xw8VsfEaYsltHXI8cD6lSzRsrYXGtqMzT1jWaWsGgi-Ibhn9g/s400/sukkah+city+ben+kaplan.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 363px;" /></a><br /><br />Sean Corriel, New York - <span style="font-style: italic;">Thru-motion</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjBtoNdwM9XG7K9hs8iv_3Kpq2wYJJ1VUtt_C95x7CrrwtrgbC1W3ano3dJW92H5GZz9ChFjQ8qIUbjQ11y6brDAaFlpf6pWySI5iQJbmLOVfKrZH8T60Um79gQZgwgnKAIJPYTmtTq4/s1600/sukkah-corriel.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662800937809745458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjBtoNdwM9XG7K9hs8iv_3Kpq2wYJJ1VUtt_C95x7CrrwtrgbC1W3ano3dJW92H5GZz9ChFjQ8qIUbjQ11y6brDAaFlpf6pWySI5iQJbmLOVfKrZH8T60Um79gQZgwgnKAIJPYTmtTq4/s400/sukkah-corriel.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 281px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAEY9aO-Xbf3dBTWMLgzXtS10oASIQvt0uOJI3koQuic2LJBsjK6k9LafuFw9kaxvns_jIvvm-kkyjckqxSgFOLHJmR7WLMOQLut32Gd_VFY5kQLsgUvM_7ZD4FqX1BhbzX7v8Ij1nS0/s1600/sukkah-corriel1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662800840246715026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAEY9aO-Xbf3dBTWMLgzXtS10oASIQvt0uOJI3koQuic2LJBsjK6k9LafuFw9kaxvns_jIvvm-kkyjckqxSgFOLHJmR7WLMOQLut32Gd_VFY5kQLsgUvM_7ZD4FqX1BhbzX7v8Ij1nS0/s400/sukkah-corriel1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 281px;" /></a><br /><br />Lea Oxenhandler and Evan Maxwell Litvin, <span style="font-style: italic;">Philadelphia</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinU9w5nuJdR2nMUycgohRY-v_j6BRXl5j_sem9qIuQq3zSoBRDOeGpqORXZCNeSR_zz99cG5DdIFbHhn0UwoUqymjGvD_EImMwSeHtqdXLCak83lVhLsV5l0oFyt3_X4jBht7pD8_rK2M/s1600/Sukkah-Oxenhalder_250.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662800671146770066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinU9w5nuJdR2nMUycgohRY-v_j6BRXl5j_sem9qIuQq3zSoBRDOeGpqORXZCNeSR_zz99cG5DdIFbHhn0UwoUqymjGvD_EImMwSeHtqdXLCak83lVhLsV5l0oFyt3_X4jBht7pD8_rK2M/s400/Sukkah-Oxenhalder_250.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 290px;" /></a><br /><br />Alexander Morley and Jennifer Wong, St. Louis - <span style="font-style: italic;">Exodus</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaH2exr9SkxUG7eGBh2PWl8zhTqcvqTqZjqoMmtSWvDokFbqgNbMIbIMmh0dwjnNLvRoDs9wcyfWEfjOW1y4FoEnkWBWk-2Go5S7cRUVw9ofe3EUiizgdAkIzzKRV8SYw76STP9TcBOLU/s1600/morley+wong1.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662800486857009202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaH2exr9SkxUG7eGBh2PWl8zhTqcvqTqZjqoMmtSWvDokFbqgNbMIbIMmh0dwjnNLvRoDs9wcyfWEfjOW1y4FoEnkWBWk-2Go5S7cRUVw9ofe3EUiizgdAkIzzKRV8SYw76STP9TcBOLU/s400/morley+wong1.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 711px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAYhim1Q4Kzl9b27IxekEx6sS5V38FqbHjdKCWN169qJf_7DDIddLVa5KrTzOyFUu6zu4OyUfqelBMit8fxw3-AMAvw3fHt30nCIy8ka0k9EOS1q58IPRHsvJoCunxsQTXAbSwmyVwkg/s1600/morely-wong2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662800411740296674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAYhim1Q4Kzl9b27IxekEx6sS5V38FqbHjdKCWN169qJf_7DDIddLVa5KrTzOyFUu6zu4OyUfqelBMit8fxw3-AMAvw3fHt30nCIy8ka0k9EOS1q58IPRHsvJoCunxsQTXAbSwmyVwkg/s400/morely-wong2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 547px;" /></a><br /><br />Casey Hughes Architects, Los Angeles - <span style="font-style: italic;">Sukkah Collective</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaKIOXcNOdj_4ES66S2kjp-RbZWo_gfBArNFso6iwmW4M-flKIterTB7yFKo3G12n_mSUahIEI3BSy0kdTgQ1IZ6c8eVYut4TSDNHfZie-BbwMkykkhbOONeGbFCmVFB0t0oX8KgAhwQ/s1600/Sukkah-Casey_250.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662800046795770786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaKIOXcNOdj_4ES66S2kjp-RbZWo_gfBArNFso6iwmW4M-flKIterTB7yFKo3G12n_mSUahIEI3BSy0kdTgQ1IZ6c8eVYut4TSDNHfZie-BbwMkykkhbOONeGbFCmVFB0t0oX8KgAhwQ/s400/Sukkah-Casey_250.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 338px;" /></a><br /><br />Christine Yogiaman, Forrest Fulton and Ken Tracy, St. Louis -<span style="font-style: italic;"> Gleaned</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUU4TXodLFfgzkQr2HqAs8gAz4ZHd0QvVm46ekshh50iVljyRPEj4t6-1m11BZxnWnyXmw2qg5CUAMljO4gya-Iaq2L9yIEYVfqFX0vSaX0JnJWqyjkXB4P_dzrWAdlc1cc4jMD5P9PeE/s1600/Sukkah-Trivers_250.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662802628529057314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUU4TXodLFfgzkQr2HqAs8gAz4ZHd0QvVm46ekshh50iVljyRPEj4t6-1m11BZxnWnyXmw2qg5CUAMljO4gya-Iaq2L9yIEYVfqFX0vSaX0JnJWqyjkXB4P_dzrWAdlc1cc4jMD5P9PeE/s400/Sukkah-Trivers_250.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 341px;" /></a><br /><br />John Kleinschmidt and Andy Sternad, New Orleans - <span style="font-style: italic;">L’Chime Sukkah</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbCz7IgquikOqE967L1ia2_nbYr3YpxPgnkBboVHJhB26MAMR8Je_tGataVjUYDaLhiM7rK8u92R8FE5sZRkftcqrMauLaT1SX3r2p2iVcGQ6QasNx_AVauiVBtaIv_gcRD-v5RBr4JQ/s1600/Sukkah-Yogiaman_250.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662799276054845330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbCz7IgquikOqE967L1ia2_nbYr3YpxPgnkBboVHJhB26MAMR8Je_tGataVjUYDaLhiM7rK8u92R8FE5sZRkftcqrMauLaT1SX3r2p2iVcGQ6QasNx_AVauiVBtaIv_gcRD-v5RBr4JQ/s400/Sukkah-Yogiaman_250.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 404px;" /></a><br /><br />Bronwyn Charlton and Linda Levin, St. Louis<span style="font-style: italic;">. - Heliotrope</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hElQAPp4XJ04OEOl0_NoI78ns_N8oRpn9vhT3SfKgCzH5HaY1mBh2Z_C3xH5TL1cwmHzPpvoWI3pRdT00c3WOeS8pRY9-rfZyOqlxWsvV4zgTcbSI6cuFdyNzC0Lnh-1sNvJOg7zu8Y/s1600/Sukkah1_60degree.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662798793606412290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hElQAPp4XJ04OEOl0_NoI78ns_N8oRpn9vhT3SfKgCzH5HaY1mBh2Z_C3xH5TL1cwmHzPpvoWI3pRdT00c3WOeS8pRY9-rfZyOqlxWsvV4zgTcbSI6cuFdyNzC0Lnh-1sNvJOg7zu8Y/s400/Sukkah1_60degree.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 393px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/sukkahcitystl/winners">Learn more about each of the designs here.</a><br /><br />WHAT: Sukkah City STL: Defining & Defying Boundaries<br />WHEN: Oct. 18-22<br />WHERE: Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis, near the Ann W. Olin Women’s Building<br />COST: Free and open to the public<br /><br />The Jewish Feast of the Tabernacle, Sukkot, begins at sundown on Oct. 12, 2011, and ends at nightfall on Oct. 19. <br /><br />Support for Sukkah City STL is provided by the Charles and Bunny Burson Art Fund at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.

Re-engineering Jewish Tradition. The Design Winners of Sukkah City, 2011.

above: one of the ten winning submissions, 60 degree Sukkah by Filip Tejchman of Brooklyn, NY, and Cambridge, MA Some of my readers may reca...

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A Different Kind of California Roll. You Can Live In This One, A Cool Modern Prefab.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jXsd5InuMF6qfOE9sYCVJpvRYSHJs-JxuPtuS919wcSWmRjDzIPnl30eSVj0AI-EVi5XbWThlryKiUV27sXAM6R3ysPVZETu484w5H9mKnJ90jFqyv_QwqoBZRtKS4NJXxnlIh0i-CU/s1600/California-Roll-Christopher-Daniel-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661254500028408850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jXsd5InuMF6qfOE9sYCVJpvRYSHJs-JxuPtuS919wcSWmRjDzIPnl30eSVj0AI-EVi5XbWThlryKiUV27sXAM6R3ysPVZETu484w5H9mKnJ90jFqyv_QwqoBZRtKS4NJXxnlIh0i-CU/s400/California-Roll-Christopher-Daniel-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 378px;" /></a><br /><br />A pre-fabricated house designed for the desert by Christopher Daniel of Violent Volumes - The California Roll House, 2011.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcX8pnw3kE7dv2uXMGfPQHkim9zvuRaOExQeQ6t9nC4CAwnpvveFMRjIUZzArsN3a9YDQu2ZZxBhKZpRp-RtOR-zLFGtfIkqJPM1OW2AGYEqDa2csaw5tDbyi4HSWla4hAddVLexICHJY/s1600/CAM05_CLONE_RENDER_copy_w600.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661252944541279250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcX8pnw3kE7dv2uXMGfPQHkim9zvuRaOExQeQ6t9nC4CAwnpvveFMRjIUZzArsN3a9YDQu2ZZxBhKZpRp-RtOR-zLFGtfIkqJPM1OW2AGYEqDa2csaw5tDbyi4HSWla4hAddVLexICHJY/s400/CAM05_CLONE_RENDER_copy_w600.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 564px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:85%;" >The following text was written by the designer of the structure and is reprinted here</span><span style="font-size:85%;">:</span><br />At times, the simplest form with least manipulation from its original form can offer visual amenities and adapted solution to the context. California Roll prefabricated house takes this methodology to create its morphological adaptation to its environment : desert. Homogeneous exterior material which provides high grade of energy efficiency and reflects heat from the sun covers the entire surface except for glass panels which is electronically controlled to change its transparency.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZOFFYNYhHO0FVWGxK4QvL-cgN2mFO_D9llkSkXTyyX6_WBhFsO9xU_4xm5fIDcyXuxsCoHgINFz_AYgB-bGUXKl6H9utKFUSq5Adsp1-RUYM0Gl0gm6nJXSqV6VXlOv8GgQc_v-O6iI/s1600/RenderCam03+copy_h900.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661251282887215394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZOFFYNYhHO0FVWGxK4QvL-cgN2mFO_D9llkSkXTyyX6_WBhFsO9xU_4xm5fIDcyXuxsCoHgINFz_AYgB-bGUXKl6H9utKFUSq5Adsp1-RUYM0Gl0gm6nJXSqV6VXlOv8GgQc_v-O6iI/s400/RenderCam03+copy_h900.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 537px; height: 285px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFWUysjJ9uiV3OJGFtOsvEwztfQS8aj_ZSphTslOiJRIq4WF-4O83YOkDL_MlNlaa_6RdCW9L7QwwhmlVQB5QH28LX6pR5laecKBlsW3u1kOokL-ESHo0G9CRBOC9FX_ntlTpXdL8td8/s1600/RenderCam01+copy_h900.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661251198948451954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFWUysjJ9uiV3OJGFtOsvEwztfQS8aj_ZSphTslOiJRIq4WF-4O83YOkDL_MlNlaa_6RdCW9L7QwwhmlVQB5QH28LX6pR5laecKBlsW3u1kOokL-ESHo0G9CRBOC9FX_ntlTpXdL8td8/s400/RenderCam01+copy_h900.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 284px;" /></a><br /><br />Modularization of every structure members and finish materials are maximized to provide mobility with rapid assembly and disassembly on site.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxzkcQIYal0-gzETbMrnELTxx5cI5km2gkTsS_k1nTRqy0QV3VAC4q92kXcrEuXncRVZFr0Os3b89fAW6O_ZQQXCt4xFsMYEOZCpUjnNLFtG-JP6vx-_j24hbGH0sw20K7kn7Uv5R4y5M/s1600/RenderCam914+copy_h900.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661253532691855378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxzkcQIYal0-gzETbMrnELTxx5cI5km2gkTsS_k1nTRqy0QV3VAC4q92kXcrEuXncRVZFr0Os3b89fAW6O_ZQQXCt4xFsMYEOZCpUjnNLFtG-JP6vx-_j24hbGH0sw20K7kn7Uv5R4y5M/s400/RenderCam914+copy_h900.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 428px;" /></a><br /><br />To sustain its challenging structural stand, carbon fibre truss frame under neath the exterior material holds the entire architecture. Hydraulic powered automatic doors and security system is used for main entrance door which allows less spaces to operate the door mechanism. California Roll house features these latest technologies applied to architecture which breaks the boundary of product or vehicle design and architectural design which brings more mobility to living spaces.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJ_fGlW_3ju1yaCevj-UhIoNysmiCEe0XFIpy_AV6vhEYnOulwbbJfoXAytq7qdlNm1s3-DxAJbQl8Xq1JUtbE2w1gSfVYhOj0MID5YacW7CuW-4Dq62SWqBEnKxqGrGhJeOzRO3Kios/s1600/California-Roll-Christopher-Daniel-2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661255231423211410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJ_fGlW_3ju1yaCevj-UhIoNysmiCEe0XFIpy_AV6vhEYnOulwbbJfoXAytq7qdlNm1s3-DxAJbQl8Xq1JUtbE2w1gSfVYhOj0MID5YacW7CuW-4Dq62SWqBEnKxqGrGhJeOzRO3Kios/s400/California-Roll-Christopher-Daniel-2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 455px;" /></a><br /><br />Plain surface on the ground extended from exterior surface provides paved area for out door activities which requires flat and artificial surface different from desert sand surface. As well as surface on the ground, inside of exterior shell is covered with fibre reinforced plastic panels.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FIASAbXLnw0ak8mao6hKHCL77C8l5IaiCZTjv-tsm5BlukeRPSL-6gzFApPEGvkNTP8GnYm6qsPdGz5RFM83wceJ18B2lbmtHRjpCdu68QWm6POBd8P-8THr52jlWBV1LrL6FxsNg2o/s1600/RenderCam915-copy_h900.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661256490411631042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FIASAbXLnw0ak8mao6hKHCL77C8l5IaiCZTjv-tsm5BlukeRPSL-6gzFApPEGvkNTP8GnYm6qsPdGz5RFM83wceJ18B2lbmtHRjpCdu68QWm6POBd8P-8THr52jlWBV1LrL6FxsNg2o/s400/RenderCam915-copy_h900.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 353px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvv9zADdUjxevUqk34pbwgqa3ylrNFWXqFxRLZV4PWAwgYxtObBO_5g2znzRttC7wZZzlupezB47TZoaT7JUhO-Feg7VzPvxn9fG3yjm8ShejyvpZFsVRgts4il0_3u-5xEOPu1OygiKU/s1600/RenderCam0909-copy_h900.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661253663893514866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvv9zADdUjxevUqk34pbwgqa3ylrNFWXqFxRLZV4PWAwgYxtObBO_5g2znzRttC7wZZzlupezB47TZoaT7JUhO-Feg7VzPvxn9fG3yjm8ShejyvpZFsVRgts4il0_3u-5xEOPu1OygiKU/s400/RenderCam0909-copy_h900.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 375px;" /></a><br /><br />Modularized skylights and windows along the exterior surface can be placed at desired location to light its interior space to meet resident’s requirement from his own usage of the space.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1Z_VJQ3IYLzhTn-qMAr2aCsC-MyePBJOQHLvMv0S6Ax1vh1kq9AH6pYT_M6y51pvbpV4DIA9AQgbIRctGnFeYi1pmx9nSV7jtlqGGsOBrCceAw7_jdR1n3y5KkzMM16qcF1e6qMG4yk/s1600/RenderCam910+copy_h900.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661251075573792978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1Z_VJQ3IYLzhTn-qMAr2aCsC-MyePBJOQHLvMv0S6Ax1vh1kq9AH6pYT_M6y51pvbpV4DIA9AQgbIRctGnFeYi1pmx9nSV7jtlqGGsOBrCceAw7_jdR1n3y5KkzMM16qcF1e6qMG4yk/s400/RenderCam910+copy_h900.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 377px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIsXBQtPvvZzT2drrvfUop1aYq6DqCOtrTw2hoRLU4PDaYndLEmL4hyphenhyphenQImI1KCrqUCOvUYgLLLo7Tt_4n3BIGx-ZPIZI1uSZSS-61BO7nMexEFTWv4sGKGFwnrIURPapnmH5MnfMEgzM/s1600/California-Roll-Christopher-Daniel-3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661260127817568530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIsXBQtPvvZzT2drrvfUop1aYq6DqCOtrTw2hoRLU4PDaYndLEmL4hyphenhyphenQImI1KCrqUCOvUYgLLLo7Tt_4n3BIGx-ZPIZI1uSZSS-61BO7nMexEFTWv4sGKGFwnrIURPapnmH5MnfMEgzM/s400/California-Roll-Christopher-Daniel-3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 365px;" /></a><br /><br />Passive and subtle control of privacy of bedroom area is provided by curtain divider and bookshelf with translucent midpart.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFZi8ruZ10k7FTLgVensmohf4hIfS4lyRXvAZyS7MekvkqhSNVnfyTrkAMRbmo5GVjT1e5RGQrP0DpHybcTeAZczBmXWb5zB3wVleYaG21bavvgtyvViOIlJZJlsgrEkw8jVennKo0xc/s1600/RenderCam02+copy_h900.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661250986025702466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFZi8ruZ10k7FTLgVensmohf4hIfS4lyRXvAZyS7MekvkqhSNVnfyTrkAMRbmo5GVjT1e5RGQrP0DpHybcTeAZczBmXWb5zB3wVleYaG21bavvgtyvViOIlJZJlsgrEkw8jVennKo0xc/s400/RenderCam02+copy_h900.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 377px;" /></a><br /><br />These parts allows the residents to have sense of privacy by delicate visual hints over as well as providing lights through.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNq_VndMAQKExVTTM-Dapf3dO28NMO7knKEv-jwUmtQviOaLSLeObtckRfuWM1dt1yKME9kcyx3Tc8JqNrVofEdazH1N3O3IRDCkVxJtOjsdmsJ-hzDxN6zJz7HzRVwcZrN_Dkqc49Bw/s1600/cam2ndfloor_tofro+copy_h900.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661250844590971618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNq_VndMAQKExVTTM-Dapf3dO28NMO7knKEv-jwUmtQviOaLSLeObtckRfuWM1dt1yKME9kcyx3Tc8JqNrVofEdazH1N3O3IRDCkVxJtOjsdmsJ-hzDxN6zJz7HzRVwcZrN_Dkqc49Bw/s400/cam2ndfloor_tofro+copy_h900.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 767px;" /></a><br /><br />Overall, the privacy in California Roll is controlled rather passively with resident’s awareness than tight blocking of spaces in-between.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPYBnNFqTklEdh2ND2H_Fq_pd9e9tHzz0en9uB_wHjU79ar_TapGBcVjXrVxlhzZI_vm25hqWZhovzb7MLYdyLHesu46cPPkO7GC634pmMXeTXHDiRYyZ_CoCibTIWx1TNxBifqCi1q0/s1600/Roll+house+evening+render.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661254576310317714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPYBnNFqTklEdh2ND2H_Fq_pd9e9tHzz0en9uB_wHjU79ar_TapGBcVjXrVxlhzZI_vm25hqWZhovzb7MLYdyLHesu46cPPkO7GC634pmMXeTXHDiRYyZ_CoCibTIWx1TNxBifqCi1q0/s400/Roll+house+evening+render.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 538px; height: 352px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Main Entrance/ Front Door</span></span><br />Since the main entrance is on the sloped wall, the door mechanism should be designed in unconventional way. Adopting ideas from automotive design industry, hydraulic powered automatic door controlled by number lock panel is installed on the sloped wall as main entrance to minimize the space required for operation to avoid contact with user while in operation. When the door is fully open, the clearance height is up to 2 meters.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwZpmJfGmfeke4nbLTuDaNAMUt5_1wJw6vmQO7njkiaiPAvY8JnWj_MJmImYC6IDq8F8ZDBqrsFchpkO9k47lfIe51w955f0znztIVCfn3HWXxO5kc7MOX-mFOw432cZ4OREJeBnd12E/s1600/RenderCam06+copy_h900.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661251373689331682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwZpmJfGmfeke4nbLTuDaNAMUt5_1wJw6vmQO7njkiaiPAvY8JnWj_MJmImYC6IDq8F8ZDBqrsFchpkO9k47lfIe51w955f0znztIVCfn3HWXxO5kc7MOX-mFOw432cZ4OREJeBnd12E/s400/RenderCam06+copy_h900.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 545px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkkd7Jv48kt4skym25Oy3FZiRRwNc8psJD-oF9T7Y8HQQW2ibYVjCUznr2zfWk1zIa-Gafh4-6gA6u4p3lqVrMLH3JbtjWRs4LkmQQ7dZdFMLnSXqWN5JnyS6FAmjwLiDxffxjeXQQ-M/s1600/RenderCam07+copy_h900.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661251497203159266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkkd7Jv48kt4skym25Oy3FZiRRwNc8psJD-oF9T7Y8HQQW2ibYVjCUznr2zfWk1zIa-Gafh4-6gA6u4p3lqVrMLH3JbtjWRs4LkmQQ7dZdFMLnSXqWN5JnyS6FAmjwLiDxffxjeXQQ-M/s400/RenderCam07+copy_h900.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 762px;" /></a><br /><br />The door opens into two pieces, the upper piece lifts up over head, and the lower piece unfolds onto the floor for visitors to step on. When the door is completely closed, the material on the outside of door continues with the material of the exterior surface to achieve conformity and hide the entrance.<br /><br />Automatic main door mechanism diagram:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RLOZOVGKfNHysNfxkAEuv16B9xZf2c5xLUtTJLieJKNbHthimyv_PPPkxnQwa8wCbnDqK1NZuWKgRpDC1O9CU5dQSRFQqKoAA-xyxdbL2lkVTinYQAtwW8MC9qFgwGdGXVjyiBYDr8k/s1600/doordiagram_h900.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661251870170153314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RLOZOVGKfNHysNfxkAEuv16B9xZf2c5xLUtTJLieJKNbHthimyv_PPPkxnQwa8wCbnDqK1NZuWKgRpDC1O9CU5dQSRFQqKoAA-xyxdbL2lkVTinYQAtwW8MC9qFgwGdGXVjyiBYDr8k/s400/doordiagram_h900.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 502px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45EeJbElxJW-Rfmxwl7qnV4Tu4WYlDVPABzjsl2s8NZXm6JRkgCz1wXPVLLdZenX2M4MitEIoCdaetMVYyEL866rH8tUhtm5JU88Ra9u4R58SEktLJ26yu6tVs0ASd8gYskfTu5rTORU/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-08+at+3.43.44+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661258236161197682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45EeJbElxJW-Rfmxwl7qnV4Tu4WYlDVPABzjsl2s8NZXm6JRkgCz1wXPVLLdZenX2M4MitEIoCdaetMVYyEL866rH8tUhtm5JU88Ra9u4R58SEktLJ26yu6tVs0ASd8gYskfTu5rTORU/s400/Screen+shot+2011-10-08+at+3.43.44+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 163px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Architectural plans:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbV6wDeGgO9UYph0skqVvtvZpSF5Zengs7UqV0GeljZB2Urtx-xUiLSx_Rl4127mOMBmlubIyudq1aW7Dz-kZE5BbpTfxYHBSHeQss4cbDQci90BbvngFGX3aVxWobAG_CdiBOY0NoPtE/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-08+at+12.55.51+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661258046594173714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbV6wDeGgO9UYph0skqVvtvZpSF5Zengs7UqV0GeljZB2Urtx-xUiLSx_Rl4127mOMBmlubIyudq1aW7Dz-kZE5BbpTfxYHBSHeQss4cbDQci90BbvngFGX3aVxWobAG_CdiBOY0NoPtE/s400/Screen+shot+2011-10-08+at+12.55.51+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 448px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zLFjx0_0eaPhyPxVRW7a6sK51RqAVT1JZeaaGULLtaZPjIJj9leusIWyeI0ihq1Yo2pfGC6laU-gkPMyUbpa5L2LqXHL9MGzmPml6bEKgVo0JHV41pHrTlk_b1JKqvITpveurCW8smI/s1600/h_section2_w1200.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661252534652805010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zLFjx0_0eaPhyPxVRW7a6sK51RqAVT1JZeaaGULLtaZPjIJj9leusIWyeI0ihq1Yo2pfGC6laU-gkPMyUbpa5L2LqXHL9MGzmPml6bEKgVo0JHV41pHrTlk_b1JKqvITpveurCW8smI/s400/h_section2_w1200.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 304px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv4w1IHizRuL-4HMHh88N-IP7TYKDcbkHnP-aJaD-rYNZ6iSFZQOWyJfhu7l9SsdcwrQflk3d3Zoxkm79vYIpmCijEBp95h8G7x_dFYlq_UoLmpESV-CJiK-CrEPyDNGSJABOlRfUD_N8/s1600/h_section1_w1200.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661252673827159474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv4w1IHizRuL-4HMHh88N-IP7TYKDcbkHnP-aJaD-rYNZ6iSFZQOWyJfhu7l9SsdcwrQflk3d3Zoxkm79vYIpmCijEBp95h8G7x_dFYlq_UoLmpESV-CJiK-CrEPyDNGSJABOlRfUD_N8/s400/h_section1_w1200.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 306px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZF9BcZlRPpHGG-7Cw7TgNQSR6cpSirhNhw9iCrybBBlBbE7qOB9e17Lk5NZJF6ysKjyL74UPspGrXx7CdrHMUJNL69t6V4Tuk61ZnCH3b2NxXv5raUwVQV4l03D5abpCAClwTOgpFqfw/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-08+at+12.52.02+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661257797813220306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZF9BcZlRPpHGG-7Cw7TgNQSR6cpSirhNhw9iCrybBBlBbE7qOB9e17Lk5NZJF6ysKjyL74UPspGrXx7CdrHMUJNL69t6V4Tuk61ZnCH3b2NxXv5raUwVQV4l03D5abpCAClwTOgpFqfw/s400/Screen+shot+2011-10-08+at+12.52.02+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 318px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigEi_Brz-lSZFhPLc9n-fGbkIxby1h6GrQC7ybWwSvp19DQVOeQlWQtG4ChrcTlo2CqgkD_FHn2MIVmoZQeYDdTtQ2VsCwpg13RCFcp0z9q-YZKolTmlOLya9eg-Z3YCYtUXCMiBT94Qk/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-08+at+12.52.13+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661257704363106914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigEi_Brz-lSZFhPLc9n-fGbkIxby1h6GrQC7ybWwSvp19DQVOeQlWQtG4ChrcTlo2CqgkD_FHn2MIVmoZQeYDdTtQ2VsCwpg13RCFcp0z9q-YZKolTmlOLya9eg-Z3YCYtUXCMiBT94Qk/s400/Screen+shot+2011-10-08+at+12.52.13+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 309px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Architect/ Designer Christopher Daniel:</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQABFS-wwwR1mT0GHOVB5RwkT-cuYHf6r1mT8iqtgYzq4YRDd_Mw9awaa6tYbY3lnt4GlHzI4jcX54UZm782XW3tMU6hhMn9clV_5VQ2wWAsUfJg78GMYnST4pSO4HkIzngEMKDGosqOo/s1600/chris_1024.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661250459102793026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQABFS-wwwR1mT0GHOVB5RwkT-cuYHf6r1mT8iqtgYzq4YRDd_Mw9awaa6tYbY3lnt4GlHzI4jcX54UZm782XW3tMU6hhMn9clV_5VQ2wWAsUfJg78GMYnST4pSO4HkIzngEMKDGosqOo/s400/chris_1024.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 318px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">images and info courtesy of Christopher Daniel and </span><a href="http://violentvolumes.com/blog/fsm.php?pg=coolboard%2Fboard&code=blog" style="font-style: italic;">Violent Volumes</a></span>

A Different Kind of California Roll. You Can Live In This One, A Cool Modern Prefab.

A pre-fabricated house designed for the desert by Christopher Daniel of Violent Volumes - The California Roll House, 2011. The following tex...

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The Truffle - A Rock Like Shelter Built With The Help of a Hungry Cow

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKw1Y9rIgPcY_KuQrfkSypAmjcgo72xur1nN8dDTuSEVIFG4u86ElfYC2AeQJ-FUZZfeRlawkRekBqwFdvCpd7RxKlX2jY6KKjHj_WJy9fHSxODaeBH4zApPPIkTmd6KbsHU-DRFRvUDvU/s1600/Truffle+exterior+4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657578312539542130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKw1Y9rIgPcY_KuQrfkSypAmjcgo72xur1nN8dDTuSEVIFG4u86ElfYC2AeQJ-FUZZfeRlawkRekBqwFdvCpd7RxKlX2jY6KKjHj_WJy9fHSxODaeBH4zApPPIkTmd6KbsHU-DRFRvUDvU/s400/Truffle+exterior+4.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 622px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMWjMxYeUXDL8VHjmlh5R0Uj-H6Gld5dRMWG336kzlAz482pSZV-NYFfpehqGHJmcCHJohW2gtJotqHBRJzy2VOQpr8o5S7nYfkukQezEhMbdyOHDeSMAWl8VY_abDF1A8f66wVfe5nRO/s1600/Truffle-exterior1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657577135915037410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMWjMxYeUXDL8VHjmlh5R0Uj-H6Gld5dRMWG336kzlAz482pSZV-NYFfpehqGHJmcCHJohW2gtJotqHBRJzy2VOQpr8o5S7nYfkukQezEhMbdyOHDeSMAWl8VY_abDF1A8f66wVfe5nRO/s400/Truffle-exterior1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 473px;" /></a><br /><br />The Truffle (or Trufa) is a piece of nature built with earth in Spain. A space within a stone that sits on the ground and blends in with the territory. It's camouflaged by emulating the processes of mineral formation in its structure, and integrates with the natural environment.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The interior</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> of the Truffle (Trufa):</span><br />The structure has a fireplace, plumbing and quite a view.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXME7403WCJf_5xZ95a3VWyjViUe6-Ddp0GXBa_WCxRGqaBk7XoctSbbQ6tLITIyYn409EN6L264Z-KgWoThKectaYtsAKe4Fr88_2RzLvrJTOEgcXlJqfaA2jme9TNa1zceq2wcREgJH/s1600/Truffle-interior5.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657576223001212754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXME7403WCJf_5xZ95a3VWyjViUe6-Ddp0GXBa_WCxRGqaBk7XoctSbbQ6tLITIyYn409EN6L264Z-KgWoThKectaYtsAKe4Fr88_2RzLvrJTOEgcXlJqfaA2jme9TNa1zceq2wcREgJH/s400/Truffle-interior5.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 393px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfTD66dAiKyNIx3daOqAItA5-1pwE_lxa3MyGipJpUU1RQc-ljLI28V6hrZcG2pDJEos_HiKRxnHVGUk3oVKWW_RpLCnC7QrhPoTb4EkJGNvuVxk-h2mb9QXGYGY-Sj0r_I51iOez0dTX/s1600/Truffle-interior2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657576544592269874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfTD66dAiKyNIx3daOqAItA5-1pwE_lxa3MyGipJpUU1RQc-ljLI28V6hrZcG2pDJEos_HiKRxnHVGUk3oVKWW_RpLCnC7QrhPoTb4EkJGNvuVxk-h2mb9QXGYGY-Sj0r_I51iOez0dTX/s400/Truffle-interior2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 438px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGd4FParrVOxnNBwM4EMQkNOKkSOzxoDWAx4dLZtO1P-o1q2KooKI5eaR8ZFkN0FGFVmazG7TcbU_ZJsBNeHqD48eNPC58b89z0DhA49oTD58krpxh4kMZJN5PT3fULGlXjctpRVNpi3N/s1600/Truffle-interior3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657576472081733938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGd4FParrVOxnNBwM4EMQkNOKkSOzxoDWAx4dLZtO1P-o1q2KooKI5eaR8ZFkN0FGFVmazG7TcbU_ZJsBNeHqD48eNPC58b89z0DhA49oTD58krpxh4kMZJN5PT3fULGlXjctpRVNpi3N/s400/Truffle-interior3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 556px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVl3SvFlslckcfn-HvCdjggFQklNnFs2O1YFyX_ceoewpAxCR2n1hl9rpCdRoQdyp5WKkw48Fg9V18Q9f0xAHjt63wN1VAxxt5OJNuq3DKQFuV-u0-QvZsYmhJrWTPiK4W-rCMplBtFxU/s1600/Truffle-interior4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657576395562967074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVl3SvFlslckcfn-HvCdjggFQklNnFs2O1YFyX_ceoewpAxCR2n1hl9rpCdRoQdyp5WKkw48Fg9V18Q9f0xAHjt63wN1VAxxt5OJNuq3DKQFuV-u0-QvZsYmhJrWTPiK4W-rCMplBtFxU/s400/Truffle-interior4.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 406px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The exterior of the Truffle (Trufa):</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMX6vpLYN1fdrv2eX8oOEe1LNNGM1H4T_FKDDaQ8hfyOjLSLaWucaTbBtQmNFsEPkpkrqgL4zkR6dQLNfIsA8RPYiS4R8cW8PvSTz1HHVgIcfskA2k69hHrn36Xv5sZx2IkkBFMlHFleD/s1600/trufa01.project+image.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657577819008109970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMX6vpLYN1fdrv2eX8oOEe1LNNGM1H4T_FKDDaQ8hfyOjLSLaWucaTbBtQmNFsEPkpkrqgL4zkR6dQLNfIsA8RPYiS4R8cW8PvSTz1HHVgIcfskA2k69hHrn36Xv5sZx2IkkBFMlHFleD/s400/trufa01.project+image.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 343px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiac75cLdLASFEPPefpcrrWtMQUHv0ppOxiAZeO2PJEjeC2BQltO9VKgsKC2LsA41MaH31dSKh2F_Gzo-G9mIjMe4ZgVvBgBMI40KEgPllqfmR0nxj-Wj4D21nXOrTzYFGiIxQUgXYvFxqA/s1600/Truffle-exterior2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657577718426413202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiac75cLdLASFEPPefpcrrWtMQUHv0ppOxiAZeO2PJEjeC2BQltO9VKgsKC2LsA41MaH31dSKh2F_Gzo-G9mIjMe4ZgVvBgBMI40KEgPllqfmR0nxj-Wj4D21nXOrTzYFGiIxQUgXYvFxqA/s400/Truffle-exterior2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 568px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2V3hzJijAO4yRe_CzKkDddaX3m5s5-6GiS2daJZbFO93Zt167_uTBT0dwuxqRVwaqOWrDC0FQWHowF9DUSkKFDwPCqRuAlX2ML42puL5P0VxLsyQ5CgDhZe5AzKEUunnclQtP-shVtAnb/s1600/truffle+side+vie+ext.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657579996487386786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2V3hzJijAO4yRe_CzKkDddaX3m5s5-6GiS2daJZbFO93Zt167_uTBT0dwuxqRVwaqOWrDC0FQWHowF9DUSkKFDwPCqRuAlX2ML42puL5P0VxLsyQ5CgDhZe5AzKEUunnclQtP-shVtAnb/s400/truffle+side+vie+ext.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 377px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The building process (with some help from Paulina, the calf)</span>:<br />To build it, Ensemble Studios made a hole in the ground, piling up the removed topsoil on its perimeter. Then, they filled the volume with hay bales and flooded the space between the earth and the built space to solidify it. The mass was then filled with poured concrete. Time passed and they removed the earth discovering an amorphous mass.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT977dNETveoSltbYUQ3Lx0LA68nouMSAYRcU7O0mI3ryc8jbIrVKI9Hd7f1rQWj3S5JI9CUuHYCdGqu4V_rFG8kXcBr0PS7RdjE6isxQmCuWgEvQVHIXBDFefzDCv5LvoSXcOD53Fjeby/s1600/building-process2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657577300951321410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT977dNETveoSltbYUQ3Lx0LA68nouMSAYRcU7O0mI3ryc8jbIrVKI9Hd7f1rQWj3S5JI9CUuHYCdGqu4V_rFG8kXcBr0PS7RdjE6isxQmCuWgEvQVHIXBDFefzDCv5LvoSXcOD53Fjeby/s400/building-process2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 701px;" /></a><br /><br />The earth and the concrete exchanged their properties. The land provided the concrete with its texture and color, its form and its essence, and concrete gave the earth its strength and internal structure. But what they had created was not yet architecture, they had fabricated a stone.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIc7vP1qgi0B7Tddjj20pqMvvNby-ney9WL5mkJ7Q5UchxMDxG2Uofkhd8LuXRG4tKiun8KeMgKSs8ZsL7shTmYkzlaYax80Y6uURSHA5FNO5afXqpxmCHVNdqa-dgVeLdbbrT3u3Qd8z/s1600/building+process1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657577372227112850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIc7vP1qgi0B7Tddjj20pqMvvNby-ney9WL5mkJ7Q5UchxMDxG2Uofkhd8LuXRG4tKiun8KeMgKSs8ZsL7shTmYkzlaYax80Y6uURSHA5FNO5afXqpxmCHVNdqa-dgVeLdbbrT3u3Qd8z/s400/building+process1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 398px;" /></a><br /><br />They then made a few cuts using quarry machinery to explore its core and discovered its mass inside filled with hay, now compressed by the hydrostatic pressure exerted by concrete on the flimsy vegetable structure.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4roCtsYWq-0dloC3F2G610HNrZXNb0SZ4VBp0N4usmzJLis_1oBELku53lr_d7VMNcnEZ_iABYjSzP8ZcYf4CuIMWS4UerA369CiepJlqZxnzQXqRFIIhPLtejVwfOaoaMrtwdwcuPAN/s1600/truffle+exterior.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657578713231329234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4roCtsYWq-0dloC3F2G610HNrZXNb0SZ4VBp0N4usmzJLis_1oBELku53lr_d7VMNcnEZ_iABYjSzP8ZcYf4CuIMWS4UerA369CiepJlqZxnzQXqRFIIhPLtejVwfOaoaMrtwdwcuPAN/s400/truffle+exterior.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 310px;" /></a><br /><br />To empty the interior, they brought in a calf named Paulina, and she enjoyed the 50m3 of hay, from which she was nourished for a year until she left her habitat as an adult and weighing 300 kilos.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1APhUeML8yMPyA5ygaO8Jl38rd9X6_zUNR5C9_bIcURgNAGR1Zx0Py3VFhD8CnPeqVS85W-bZ0gXe7inmetyGypj0ur1SpkWOJePg6FrkwwTwIDU9F0XcWy4F-3dis8nWDNzLMn6hZszq/s1600/Paulina.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657576042454291490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1APhUeML8yMPyA5ygaO8Jl38rd9X6_zUNR5C9_bIcURgNAGR1Zx0Py3VFhD8CnPeqVS85W-bZ0gXe7inmetyGypj0ur1SpkWOJePg6FrkwwTwIDU9F0XcWy4F-3dis8nWDNzLMn6hZszq/s400/Paulina.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 290px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHAx5wwIfMr50raPDzfm53YdyebkXD3uJB3JYGqzU6YXjR28XrqHsJDfx7gaJ0SuroS4TrqMSNBdt3ticXUrhFSNWHchBut5x86jFVZHyqKEor4IDApELJRXDTvTxNlRS_M0V0UNdI1O1/s1600/paulina+eating.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657574101305117858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHAx5wwIfMr50raPDzfm53YdyebkXD3uJB3JYGqzU6YXjR28XrqHsJDfx7gaJ0SuroS4TrqMSNBdt3ticXUrhFSNWHchBut5x86jFVZHyqKEor4IDApELJRXDTvTxNlRS_M0V0UNdI1O1/s400/paulina+eating.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 318px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOkLyUlXG7NH59J3QI6W30GhWvQ7pC04B7opDH04QW7yfpORBYO3Ud7cGEiM0KV600f8qFtFXen6Z7y7ZDJti1VZP5ZThZpbzHEk066a-ithn0_e7wEl1Qon6D5OHl6y5x_jTD_0hnIMm/s1600/Paulina2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657575970456198386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOkLyUlXG7NH59J3QI6W30GhWvQ7pC04B7opDH04QW7yfpORBYO3Ud7cGEiM0KV600f8qFtFXen6Z7y7ZDJti1VZP5ZThZpbzHEk066a-ithn0_e7wEl1Qon6D5OHl6y5x_jTD_0hnIMm/s400/Paulina2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 286px;" /></a><br /><br />She had eaten the interior volume, and space appeared for the first time, restoring the architectural condition of the truffle after having been a shelter for the animal and the vegetable mass for a long time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84KEYQQQ3YUw0xfW-3F1yLxdfSVrXkYf9vA88QtbzTBfcXmrsPGLCgOgJ7eGxSDfKU9b-XyL1_lhPeX7VVpsKsdX8Lmlz4KHEF5TcV3kR1SC_1-hI4jf-3rh6cYLUKoSxqW2d29p-jDI4/s1600/_original.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657576695016919314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84KEYQQQ3YUw0xfW-3F1yLxdfSVrXkYf9vA88QtbzTBfcXmrsPGLCgOgJ7eGxSDfKU9b-XyL1_lhPeX7VVpsKsdX8Lmlz4KHEF5TcV3kR1SC_1-hI4jf-3rh6cYLUKoSxqW2d29p-jDI4/s400/_original.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 210px;" /></a><br /><br />Time lapse video:<br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-gurt6fQ6nI?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="389" width="530"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">All images and video courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.ensamble.info/" style="font-style: italic;">Ensemble Studios</a></span>

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