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"Set on a bluff on the northern most tip of our state, overlooking Chequamegon Bay on Lake Superior, the EDGE is a beautiful, modernist box."

"It is more akin to a lovingly crafted cabinet or piece of furniture than a house, really."

I'm fascinated by the "tiny house" phenomenon. This one, in Bayfield, Wisconsin, is remarkable. The video at the link shows what's so cool about it, but listening between the lines, you can tell it's tiresome to have to continually reassemble the table/bed and to drag the giant doors open and shut. I wondered how those doors would do in the snow and ice that's got to be there for much of the year.

And:

There are a few contradictions in the design of the EDGE. First, while designed to make downsizing more desirable, by no fault of the architects, it is likely to appeal to many as a second home or summer cottage rather than a new way of living. And, while it has many green features, it?s created for a large parcel of land. The EDGE doesn?t address the need for density, for humans to occupy less of the planet, though it?s possible some of the design ideas may translate to urban settings.

Because it's a twee fantasy, not a real solution to the perceived problem. Exactly why isn't it at all the fault of the architects?

Full post as published by Althouse on August 01, 2010 (boomark / email).