The Danish architect has teamed up with clothing brand Vollebak to design a fully self-sufficient, off-grid island home in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Photo by BIG and Vollebak
Designed to enrich an island in Jeddore Harbour, The structure is also and above all designed to illustrate the ideals of the Vallebak clothing brand and the “hedonic sustainability philosophy” of Ingels’ BIG-Studio.
Vollebak uses technology and material innovation to create clothing that is as sustainable and resilient as it is beautiful – said Ingels – in other words, the fashion equivalent of BIG’s architectural philosophy of hedonistic sustainability. So for Vollebak Island we envisioned the spaces as an artificial mountain of discrete volumes rising above the ground and a separate outpost on the edge of the crashing waves.
Ingels and Vollebak They designed the home for Leader Island, which was renamed Vollebak Island. The team envisioned the island as a sustainable sanctuary that could offer a powerful glimpse into self-sufficient life on Earth.
The islandtogether with the projects of Ingels, It will be auctioned by Sotheby’s Concierge Auctions next week.
Design an island
Photo by BIG and Vollebak
It will be in the middle of the island the 597-square-foot home called the Earth Housecomposed of nine interconnected buildings arranged around a central courtyard.
The block of flats will be made entirely of strawWhile The four bedrooms are being completed hempcrete fireproof. A boathouse is then cordoned off and cordoned off with seaweed A stargazing room is built out of polished concrete.
The connection to the house was also considered a fully built greenhouse in glass blocks and was used to grow food for the islandersand a Japanese-style bathhouse with tubs carved from island rock.
We’ve made clothes out of everything from copper and algae to ceramics, minerals and graphene,” Tidball said. moving. So when you get into architecture, more possibilities open up to you. In this project we explore materials that are both modern and ancient, from bedrock and straw to seagrass and hemp. Vollebak and BIG believe that the use of innovative materials can help solve some of today’s biggest environmental challenges.
The guest house
Photo by BIG and Vollebak
In addition to the main residence The team designed an eight meter high triangular guest house on the east coast of the island. Called Wood House, the two bedroom house It should be built with the wood felled on the island.
HousesAdditionally, they would be powered by a combination of geothermal, offshore wind and solar power, while residents would grow all of their food themselves. Tidball hopes the island will be bought by someone who wants to lead a self-sufficient lifestyle.
Vollebak Island is designed as an extraordinary man-made ecosystem where everything you need to live is on the island – he explained. So we expect it to be bought and built by someone who shares the vision we are creating. Someone who would be thrilled to see all the energy being created by the sun, earth, wind and soil around them.