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Largest Outdoor Living Room: City Lounge

2008-05-28-citylounge.jpgTalk about rolling out the red carpet - St. Gallen, Switzerland had the distinction of hosting this public rec room for the residents to enjoy; from sofas to dining areas...

 
 

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...to climbable "cars" for the kids, it's a surreal, yet friendly, project. The "stadtlounge" (city lounge) was the result of a competition and the winning design by Carlos Martinez and Pipilotti Rist was unveiled in 2005. We love the overhead shot of the city center with the red carpet slinking up to the edges of the facades - there is something very funny about seeing those trees "sprouting" up from the LEAST natural looking of any ground cover ever...

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Carlos Martinez
Pipilotti Rist

Photos: Thomas Mayer


Via: Freshome

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Ladies and gentlemen... the clitoris lounge.

posted by MonsterMash on 2008-05-28 15:15:28
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That's not green...

posted by bepsf on 2008-05-28 15:16:45
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i can imagine it might be hard to keep clean?

posted by terribleperfect on 2008-05-28 15:18:47
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yeah that's a lot of area to clean pigeon poop & other stuff off of...

posted by little flower on 2008-05-28 15:25:16
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OMG MonsterMash....yikes you are right... lmao!!!!!!!!!

posted by little flower on 2008-05-28 15:33:05
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the idea is brilliant though... it's an interesting approach of community life.

posted by Hasina on 2008-05-28 19:14:40
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