Comments on: Let Your Home Addition Dangle

By: andregallant

andregallant — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:33:29 +0000

Here’s the link for the architecture firm that designed the “Rucksack Extension.” I believe they’re called Convertible City. They say the structure “reactivates the idea of the self-built anarchistic tree house.” Awesome.

http://www.convertiblecity.de/projekte_projekt02_en.html

By: FredSr

FredSr — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:56:17 +0000

Hello Andre,

I look at a lot of DIY housing failures and that one gives me pause. Masonry does not like lateral loads. Often (by no means always) there will be a fair amount of creep and tell-tale deformation before everything goes. That guy had better keep a sharp eye out for signs of stress/strain, especially up on the parapet.

By: andregallant

andregallant — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:40:29 +0000

Urbanites have traffic, smog and high prices to deal with…now they’ve got cantilevered condos falling on their heads.

By: lifecreativitycoach

lifecreativitycoach — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:59:26 +0000

wow! It looks scary.

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