Living in a Billboard Home Would Be Awesome November 28, 2007
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Ever drove by one of those billboards on the roads advertising fireworks or a strip joint and said to yourself "I could live up there?" Well someone named Brendan O' Grady has. In fact, his idea for a billboard-like living module earned him a victory in the Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation competition, which is apparently some big-whig architectural rendering contest.
The Aeroform as he calls it, features a streamlined design for "optimal aerodynamic and climactic performance." Even the name is derived from the term "aerofoil" which refers to a structure that provides stability or a steering function in a flying object. The whole thing even looks like some sort of aircraft intake if you ask me.
No doubt that something like this would be really fantastic to live in — that is until you stumbled out of your house drunk at 4am and tumbled head first into the abyss. Probably a major reason why this concept may never see the light of day. -Sean Fallon
[KRob via Treehugger]
Editor and Contributor | Martin Lynch
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Also, how do you get your 52" plasma TV up there?!
and like the traffic noise would be a bitch
Looks like a clever idea, the rent can be payed with the ads, and with some insulation (and a quiet road) the traffic noise is doable, people live near heathrow too don't they.
You still have bad air though, might need some filtering.
And perhaps you can use it for non-brits who don't get that drunk every weekend/day? :x
Still would be mostly for single people though.