Дом на крыше (Loftcube) Вернера Айслингера

It seems like a spaceship on top of a building. These mobile living units, placed on flat roofs by helicopters or cranes and connected to the building's utilities, offer additional living space in big cities. Utopian loftcube living envisages self-contained rooftop communities, a new way of life with a view and privacy, tranquillity and freedom compared to the condensed living spaces and speeded-up everyday metropolitan existence.
The house, devised by the German designer Werner Aisslinger, is extraordinarily compact: The loft cube is made up of an open-space where living, dining and cooking takes place, it has a separated sleeping area and a bath. True luxury is incorporated when a swimming pool is installed in the roof, complete with landscaped terrace where you feel transported away to another world in the middle of the urban metropolis. You have nothing but views of open skies and a personal world that offers respite from the hectic and stressful world below. Inspired by such projects as the Futuro House, a UFO shaped dwelling designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in 1968, initially for use as a ski-cabin or holiday home. The idea behind the design reflects the optimism of the sixties. At the time people believed technology could solve all problems for the human race. The ideal was of a new era, a space-age, where everybody would have more leisure time to spend on holidays away from home. Like the Loft Cube of today it was so lightweight, it was easily transportable by helicopter.
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Werner Aisslinger - Loftcube