Anyone want to live in a Loftcube?

[christa]

has anyone read about this euro gadget? a mobile home designed to sit on top of tall buildings. urban loft living. that's portable.

well anyway, you can buy them now.

loftcube

[Marco]

Re: Anyone want to live in a Loftcube?

*raises hand*

I wanna live in a Loftcube!

As soon as I'm rich and famous and can afford a helicopter to move it around, I'll be all over that like white on rice. Should be any day now....

[tutusue]

Re: Anyone want to live in a Loftcube?

Love it! Really. I can only imagine the problems associated with 'parking' it, tho'.

[Glen Miyashiro]

Re: Anyone want to live in a Loftcube?

How would you get hookups for electricity, water, and sewage?

[Pua'i Mana'o]

Re: Anyone want to live in a Loftcube?

I see the lawsuits now:

-roof cave-ins
-non-permitted loft parking
-roof squatting, which leads to a whole 'nuther buncha charges (like "assault and battery") because the next loft-dweller doesn't get to have his roof time as signed into his contract as the previous roof tenant won't move his loft

this idea is either gonna lend choke cachet to da city, or da bugga is gonna take trailer park living to da next level!

[Menehune Man]

Re: Anyone want to live in a Loftcube?

can I just put it in my buddy's back yard? HaHa!

[tikiyaki]

Re: Anyone want to live in a Loftcube?

Being the Mid Century Modern Architecture geek that I am, I love the design of this...Like Menehune Man said, I'd put in on a lot , surround it with lots of great foliage so those windows give a great sense of indoor/outdoor space.

Put a few of them together for a nice modular home.

[damontucker]

Re: Anyone want to live in a Loftcube?

I wanna live in a Loftcube!

ditto

Love it! Really. I can only imagine the problems associated with 'parking' it, tho'.

That's when we all travel by "jetpack" no need

How would you get hookups for electricity, water, and sewage?

From the building that you have planted yourself on.

can I just put it in my buddy's back yard? HaHa!

IIRC there is another post somewhere regarding the use of shipping containers somewhere on HT... I can't find it now... however....if the price is right... why not drop about 5000 of these around the areas where homeless is a big problem?

[Adri]

Re: Anyone want to live in a Loftcube?

Well the loftcube seems far more ritzy than living in shipping containers http://www.fabprefab.com/fabfiles/containerbayhome.htm

[blueyecicle]

Re: Anyone want to live in a Loftcube?

I saw this concept on a japanese show. I think it's cool! How much fun is that! But then again I love yurts too. I want to live in a big round yurt!

[MadAzza]

Re: Anyone want to live in a Loftcube?

I wouldn't want to be in one of those things during a hurricane. Outside of that, they look kind of cute, I guess.

[GeckoGeek]

Re: Anyone want to live in a Loftcube?

Looks nice, but with all those windows I think you'd be providing a floor show for the neighboring buildings.

[christa]

Re: Anyone want to live in a Loftcube?

ya so they are available for purchase now. 60,000 euros. same setup as a mobile home as far as power/water/sewer, but they are looking into the whole rooftop stations overseas. i love this and i really want one.

[Menehune Man]

Re: Anyone want to live in a Loftcube?

I want to live in a big round yurt!

Okay I'll bite... What's a yurt???

[Adri]

Re: Anyone want to live in a Loftcube?

Okay I'll bite... What's a yurt???

Yurt is a tent home

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