Cape Town would have to rethink it's attitude towards billboards, but we think that this pretty radical billboard house could be a design to use going forward.
The Single Hauz, from Poland, offers cantilevered space for one atop a cement pole, allowing it to be installed anywhere from a mountainside or the top of an existing building, to a lake.
So the bonus is that you don't need a large amount of open land to put the thing on.
In fact, as shown here, it can easily be erected in a lake...or a small track of land anywhere.
It's a double story structure, that although looks a bit thin, can easily accommodate a slender, single occupant.
As some reports suggest - the roof can be packed with solar panels, or a wind turbine generator and slap an OUTsurance ad on the one side of it to make some cash - you've got a fully self sustaining unit.
You want to move house? Just uproot the pole and head on. What a pleasure.
More: Single Hauz - BLDGBLOG
See: Free billboard car
Previously: Nedbank billboard wins Cannes Grand Prix - Cherryflava
do your research before you push an innovative idea... there may have been some earlier ones.
http://www.studiotenarchitects.com/billboardhouse.html
http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/archawards/2003/pages/BillboardHouse.htm
Posted by: Brian | April 11, 2009 at 07:25 PM