Polyhedron Garden House by Manuel Villa Plataforma Arquitectura

Polyhedron Garden House by Manuel Villa
Plataforma Arquitectura

Yesterday, I posted a bizarre Octagonal Carriage House in Hoboken — today, I'm stepping it up with a polyhedron garden house on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia.

Really an "outside room" the detached polyhedron and teak deck are in the backgarden of a larger house. Architect Manuel Villa designed the geometric structure as a daytime escape — the primarily pine structure features windows for light and ventilation, a domed skylight, desk and sofa.

You can see more pictures and architectural drawings on ArchDaily's sister site: Plataforma Arquitectura | Poliedro Habitable / Manuel Villa.

Via: notcot.org

(Images: Manuel Villa, Sergio Gomez)

Comments (11)

I want one!!

posted by home body on September 1st 2009 at 2:26pm
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that last picture makes me want to roll it down the hill.

that would be a cool guest area too,if the sofa could fold out, thought I guess it wouldn't offer much privacy.

posted by ec05 on September 1st 2009 at 2:28pm
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Almost reason enough to move out of a condo - so i can have a yard - so i can build this.

posted by SwedishChef on September 1st 2009 at 2:33pm
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I grew up in a dome house ---LIKE LIKE.

posted by tarabrooke on September 1st 2009 at 2:49pm
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gorgeous!

posted by hla21 on September 1st 2009 at 2:51pm
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Amazing!

posted by 2 Green Acres on September 1st 2009 at 3:03pm
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Me encanta!

posted by jen_g on September 1st 2009 at 3:26pm
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i want one too. how cool!

posted by souk1501 on September 1st 2009 at 3:36pm
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"Villa designed [it] as a daytime escape..." Escape from what? The luxury of the rest of his fabulous property? The blessing of his talent and education and success as an architect?
Sorry. Villa has designed something lovely and inspired. It's just a little hard to swallow the word "escape" in these coupon-clipping penny-counting job-searching times, from which so many have no escape -- not even back to the very ordinary homes they've lost.

posted by rapunzel on September 1st 2009 at 6:10pm
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Love it! If it were a little bigger and had plumbing, I'd live in it full time.

posted by rhodajr on September 1st 2009 at 8:45pm
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Fantastic and clever...but hardly an original idea for an architect, I guess.

posted by muirwoods08 on September 1st 2009 at 11:06pm
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