A giant human-shaped herb garden was created by Japanese landscape design studio EARTHSCAPE.
The garden is transported in shipping containers which are converted into cafe and shop.
As you may know, Site-Specific has been experimenting with two of human necessities. One is shelter. Another is food. We thinks that it is great the this project combined two into one.
Found via dezeen.
After the success of the Eco Living 101 Model Home in 2008, Amarin Printing the publisher of Baan Lae Suan Magazine asked us to design another model home from their Baan Lae Suan Fair 2009.
This year, we wanted to feature several alternative construction methods, so we brought together the two different extremes. The house had been designed using a combination of earth construction and prefabricated construction system.
Earth construction is one of the oldest construction method there is. It is something that any one can built with a couple of friends. We wanted to show that earth home is a comfortable, eco-friendly and low-cost alternative.
Prefabricated home on the other hand is something that is factory-made. It bridges construction and manufacturing, so one can have a bespoke home Taylor-Made just for him at a lower cost, more eco-friendly, at higher quality, in a shorter time.
The interior has been designed using ‘do-it-yourself’ furniture. Good-looking furniture should be comfortable and does not have to be expensive.
The home owners are a family of four plus a grandfather which reflects a normal family set-up for Thai society. The father is a 36 year old Japanese photographer. The mother is a 32 year old Thai children art teacher. There are two children, one girl age 9 and a boy age 5. The grandfather – a former banker came to live with his daughter family after his wife passed away. So this home captures the creativity of this family.
The use of colors are very strong though out the home.
The threads of the stairs are made out of brick laid on recycled steel.
The garden features all edible plants. At the time when we are facing food crisis, why are we still planting sometime just to look at. Can garden has more than one purposes? Can edible garden be as good looking?
We hope that this show will inspire the Thais too think a little more when they are thinking of building their homes.
We would like to thanks Amarin Printing and Publishing for the photographs.
To build an earth-friendly house is not as simple as placing some solar panels on your roof. So when Site-Specific and Buatalah Studio were asked to design an exhibition under the theme 0f ‘Green Home Effects’ for Baan Lae Suan Fair in Bangkok, they started from inside-out by questioning the audiences about their current living situations.
What they came up with was the concept for exhibition that circled around the 4R’s – reduce, reuse, recycle and renewable. The model home featured many examples of earth-friendly living including the use of grey water, growing your own food and being car smart. It was constructed of 4 reused shipping container and prefabricated modules. The home was designed for the family of three and it is roughly around 100 sq.m.
It also questioned the norm of house construction in Thailand, and wanted to demonstrate alternative construction methods.
Site-Specific is now developing a prefabricated construction system.
Thank you Amarin Printing & Publishing and Kanteera Sanguantung for the photographs.
The model home exhibition is officially called ‘Eco Living 101′.
Buatalah Studio – a cultural management team and Site-Specific had worked together on an exhibition called ‘The Origin: Music and Sub-Culture in Bangkok since 1990′s. For night only, we turned a club into a gallery. The exhibition was held at 808 Gallery, and was sponsored by Smirnoff.
