Comments on: Cardboard Cubby

By: Waterproofing

Waterproofing — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:41:13 +0000

This seems pretty usable. But I am wondering, is it meant to be only for kids (assuming the kid in the pics) or is there some more serious idea?

By: nathu

nathu — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:56:37 +0000

I think it’s cool, and it would be super cool if it could be constructed with a material like the one MICHAEL has suggested - polypropylene. It might be more fitting to the ‘Sustainable Room’ theme.

By: PoectNott

PoectNott — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:16:13 +0000

Was ist das?

By: john

john — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:38:37 +0000

Would it be possible to give better detailed instructions on making it? Would love to buy one, but until then….

John in Spain

By: Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:06:00 +0000

Jon - yes that is a very cool house. We came across it recently - but long after we made our cubby house. Truncated cone forms, it appears, are popular…

By: jon

jon — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:17:16 +0000

http://www.archdaily.com/6893/house-in-kohoku-torafu/#more-6893

a precedent perhaps?

By: Gerardo Ortiz

Gerardo Ortiz — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:00:10 +0000

i want to know how much does it cost?, and where can i buy it?

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:40:36 +0000

It’s just cool. And if it really comes small enough to fit into the trunk of a car and doesn’t cost a lot, then here’s my only question - When’s it coming out so I can BUY it???

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:15:06 +0000

You could make this project out of coroplast, which is very similar to corrugated cardboard, but it is made out of polypropylene. It can usually be found in signmaking shops for about $20US for a 4x8’ sheet. Still recyclable, but much more durable, waterproof, and it is even somewhat translucent.

By: Jimi

Jimi — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:00:22 +0000

When our offices were remodeled, they had stacks of flattened boxes from new furniture to dispose of. I took ten of these home and put them in the garage.

Now every so often, I take one out, tape it back into a box, cut out a door and put it in the back yard. I let my kids paint it (using large jars of pastel poster paint and rollers) and play in it until it wears out.

They make a mess with the paint, but that is half the fun!.

The “house” lasts a few days or a few weeks depending on the weather, then it goes into the recycling bin. The poster paint eventually washes off the lawn and goes harmlessly into the ground.

I call this “intermediate recycling.” It gives the product an additional intermediate purpose before recycling.

My kids call it FUN!

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:46:37 +0000

My father used to take us over to the appliance store and ask for a used refrigerator box. We cut a hole in the side for a door. Worked great.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:38:41 +0000

Yes, it’s cool, but the idea of using anything once and throwing it away just doesn’t hold up anymore. Embedding it with seeds is a good place to start. Why not make it from cardboard that is already recycled?

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:09:13 +0000

where can I get one?

By: Marcus Trimble

Marcus Trimble — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:52:48 +0000

MVRDV? Or OMA? Although these projects are favourites of ours, they were somewhere in the recesses of our minds when were making this cubby house. At the forefront were, Sol Lewitts' merged towers of paint, and the Museum of Cantabria by Mansila + Tunon. These truncated towers, share a similar idea of generating complex spatial situations through the merging of elements as opposed to making discrete formal urban gestures.

By: zero

zero — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:51:34 +0000

I wonder what MVRDV thinks about it?

http://www.mvrdv.nl/_v2/projects/252_nyc2012/index.html