FLOATING HOUSE

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PROTOTYPE – WOLFSBURG, GERMANY

The task for the Innovida project was to think in new ways and design an unconventional structure using a technology, which originated in the boat building industry. The material used is a sandwich board with a polyurethane core, coated by fiberglass – produced and licensed by Innovida.

These foam boards provide great possibilities for new building processes. Since the panels are construction material and insulation at the same time, it is possible to build monocoque structures without additional supports, frames or fasteners. The boards are cut by common tools or a CNC milling machine and are simply glued together, which makes detailing and constructing very easy. The whole building process works like model making on big scale, is cheap and takes only a very short time to construct.

Based on this material building prototypes and a pavilion for the Autostadt Wolfsburg have been proposed.

CREDITS

Project: Innovida – Floating House
Year: 2006
Client: Autostadt GmbH and Wolfsburg AG
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
Program: Prototype
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Construction: Innovida GmbH
Structure: Mitsuhiro Kanada