donderdag 25 september 2014

Yourtopia

Walking in a city you don't know so well is always full surprises. I noticed this "Hobbit home"? next to the New Institute, the former named Architecture Institute in Rotterdam.

You could enter for free.

Once inside I was surprised by unknown and strange plants and trees that evoke the sense of an exotic oasis. 

A view up.

There was a man, a doll? lying in a hammock. At a closer look he happened to be a real guy, but he didn't move a bit and had his eyes closed, A bit scary it was, was he a homeless taking a rest?

On the door were some texts.

I did some research and this is part of an exhibition Yourtopia of the New Institute.  I give you the explanation here.
"An oasis of calm in the middle of the city. The New Pavillion stands on the grounds of the New Institute. This temporary pavillion was designed by architecture office SeARCH. Bjarne Mastenbroek, the founder of the office, describes the design as a Yourtopia, a vision of living in the early 21st century that is as personal as it is utopian. The steel structure of the domed pavillion recalls traditional nomadic huts such as igloos and yurts. The exterior is overgrown with grass. Inside a world of serenity almost totally secluded from the world outside, the pavilion is where you can find calm."
I still don't know if the guy in the hammock was real or not, it was mysterious.

17 opmerkingen:

  1. Well, I'm glad he found some place to rest, whoever he was. :-)

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  2. You always find the neatest stuff for us to look at. I could live in this building very well - hammocks are most comfortable. Perhaps this fellow was a guide and decided to have a read in the hammock and fell asleep. ha,ha Anyway, it is a very cool find and great story.

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  3. There are strange and interesting architectural points in your city !
    How creative! But I'm wondering if I could live in such houses as those you showed yesterday?.. In a yurt , why not? The idea od a round house is "feng-shui"

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  4. I love surprises like that. Utopia of the future - he may not be far from the reality.

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  5. Very interesting post! I notice it says that it is temporary. I think it should be permanent!

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  6. You do have some very unusual structures in your city Marianne. Hope the 'sleeping' man didn't scare you too much :)

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  7. Marianne, you have really found an unusual place with these pictures. If the guy is homeless, glad he found a place of respite.

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  8. ah so funny, i saw this too on tuesday!!!
    but it smelled so awful there, i guess people smoking weed. yuck. so i didnt like it, while it was such a nice place....

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  9. Apart! En ja, de hangmat is mysterieus.

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  10. Very peculiar, but I like it. Perhaps instead of being homeless, he was part of the exhibit.

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  11. Yourtopia would certainly get you thinking about your world and the way you would like it. As for the guy in the hammock? You'll thing about him for a while. I say he wasn't real!

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  12. Dearest Marianne,
    Well, that was quite an unexpected building popping up next to the Architectural Institute. BUT was it a dead body or what?! Kind of scary and those plants look nice in the center.
    What was the material they used for the walls and cupole?
    Sending you hugs,
    Mariette

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  13. Nice place full of suprice (as the sleeping man :)

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  14. Great series of photos. I think the man in the hammock is a hoot, whether it is part of the display or not!

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