the Plastic House
West of Gothenburg lies Sweden’s Hisingen Island. Dubbed the Plastic House the facade is 5 mm opaque PMMA which is taped with velcro acrylic foam tape (yes I said taped) mounted on standing sheet metal studs, to avoid exposed fixings and to handle the thermal expansion. The sheets can then easily be demounted if need of replacement.
Located in an area of extreme development where the terrain has literally been flattened and excavated Unit Arkitektur Architects second to minimize the impact on nature whist maximizing the views. You can basically demount the house and the only thing left would be the 19 holes drilled in the mountain for the pillars. To reduce the footprint further the drains have been placed above ground and covered with a layer of earth.
The design is simple and which seems to inspired by the Case Study Houses built in the early fifties in California. It’s a modern take on classic modernism, if you know what I mean!