Tic-Tac House / Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos
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Aug 2009
For the Tic-Tac House, FGMF based their work on a simple everyday object, the clock. “It expresses the constant need for change: nobody acts the same way in the morning, afternoon or evening. No one even reacts the same way to different seasons… so why should our houses be always the same?” they explain. The building is a light pre-fab structure, made up of five modules. The central module acts as the kitchen and bathroom core of the house, while the remaining four rotate and can be reconfigured independently to suit the owner’s mood and the demands of the weather.
Take a look at all the model images and some renders after the break.
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Whoa, that is a lot of moving parts for a house. I love the roof/screen but I’m not sure about the rest. Can Arch Daily tell us if this is going to be a real building?
Hello! Thank you for your interest. Ths is going to be a pre-fab house for the australian market, and possibly also for other countries. So yes, it is going to be built!
How much for one to be built in the US?
Verd, please get in touch: adm@fgmf.com.br
Fantastic! I love the rolling roof…it’s so simple, I guess I wish I had thought about it. I can see a little kid moving it…really nice idea.
Hopefully the final solution will be a little more elegant than the mitered I-beam bus.
awesome….i like chocolate and white colour composition.
guys..i did not see any privacy and i think it is unsafe..i think the designer exaggerate in his idea
Funny idea. I’m so interested in these transformable building designs, such as The Prada Transformer. Although it has something unreasonable now, it might be a trend.
I anticipate the functionality of a movable shading screen to lose its value once the owner finds the sweet spot – also…why not shade the whole building in a similar way…it adds the the effect desired, shades the building, and is less complex…
so according to the renders theres 9 different people living at this house…
Would have been funny to see the people’s mood change with different house settings. F.ex. have a couple fighting and therefor having the house in closed setting.
Would also be cool to see a number of these houses togeather in a neighbourhood context where different owners would have different settings. Not necessarily to sell the idea as such, just to show it’s potential.
yeah i guess a entire enveloping sort of screen to give some privacy would be much better and u could still have a central courtyard idea to give the views inwards but still keep the moving parts! but overall great idea…
Waterproofing… Anyone?
I like how you play with elements and how some parts can be reconfigured. It could be quite interesting experience living is such a house. Possibly you should aim at better quality presentation renders. You need to explore light, excitement, at the moment they look flattish. Thanks, Lumiges
i am sure it is a distinct idea but is not feasible.
I will like to see some plans
I have no interest in this kind of design. For me this is not architecture, this is lego playing for kids…
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