Craneloft / Yorgos Rimenidis + Michalis Softas
Yorgos Rimenidis and Michalis Softas, students of the University of Thessaly, in Volos, Greece shared their Craneloft proposal with us. The idea is a radical experiment to transform port cranes into lofts; and since the cranes can be found at basically any commercial port worldwide, the craneloft is a possible alternative with a global character. This revitalization stems from the students’ view that reusing objects, structures and engines left behind from the port will allow the free area to be incorporated in the urban tissue. This new form of habitation would be constantly changing and form a “condensed European city”.
More images and more about the craneloft idea after the break.
Two connected containers provide ample storage and living space. The containers hang from the crane and they will be attached to the rails of the existing edges.
The lofts are also a self-sufficient infrastructure with sustainble ideas: photovoltaics would provide the energy needed for warm water and heating, a wind catcher is placed, for summer ventilation and winter heating in the central axes of the building, in addition to a combined collection of rain and grey water system.
The control room of the automation of the CRANELOFT is placed to the preexistent crane control room. From that point the rotation system of the crane, the container’s movement, and the inclination of the photovoltaic panels can be programmed. In addition, this is the point from where the light and water consumption can be controlled. The whole structure can rotate 360 degrees due to a mechanism in the structure’s base. This controller orientates itself with the use of solar sensors so that, in collaboration with the electrical shadowing system on the glass surfaces, the sunning or shadowing depending on the needs, is granted.
I love this idea: http://www.archdaily.com/58986/craneloft-yorgos-rimenidis-michalis-softas/ #architecture #lofts #port #revitalization
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Nice drawings.
nice drawings, nice concept but i think the maintenance costs would be enormous
I’d love to live in a dynamic and industrial setting like this, but cranes are valuable assets to ports, and although economies worldwide are currently slower than in the recent past, I doubt that these cranes are actually becoming waste items.
If the goal truly is revitalization, I would guess that a few single occupancy residences wouldn’t make much of a difference. Perhaps this model could be used as a unit in a whole, like an apartment block, then creating a convincing amount of density to drive a revitalization project. The cranes could then serve a useful purpose by helping to place and move these units as the mobile dwelling unit by Lot-Ek did.
…And the Crane is for?…
http://www.unusualhotelsoftheworld.com/CraneHotel
have a look on this !
I´m a profesor of Design and a strong believer that the architectural student aswel as the profesional architects should be looking for new proposals to resolve all the new challenges of space our society needs but, I don´t feel that this is the kind of solutions we should be searching for…IMO
Isn´t better to melt steel of the crane and built a Palace with the money?
happy to find yorgos rimenidis and michalis softas in arch daily http://www.archdaily.com/58986/craneloft-yorgos-rimenidis-michalis-softas/
As long as the real thing isn’t as dreary as those drawings… I really don’t know about living in the container. It looks more like a prison cell.
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I think it’s a beautiful & romantic proposal. It could add to the diversity of a city and become some kind of iconic attraction. The presentation is very good.
I think the concept is interesting, regardless of it’s real world feasability. The presentation for me leaves a bit to be desired. They are reasonably nicely rendered but are hard to read (some line work on top the renders would have been good) and don’t express any of the “sunning and shadowing” mentioned in the text.
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Yorgos Rimenidis and Michalis Softas transform port cranes into lofts http://ow.ly/1HTlT @cmc
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Good lord.
Who cares whether this is a good idea in reality?
The day student projects are judged on their potential for real-world application is the day that architecture education has completely lost it.
well put
Different CRANES for different uses | @antonas Crane Rooms http://tinyurl.com/dxlbjf | @yorgosrimenidis CraneLoft http://tinyurl.com/3yhjw62
11:36 AM May 6th
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