1. Design Concept Background
Balloon House The background of Balloon House deals with DNA-modified plants in
metropolitan areas like in the story “Jack and the Beanstalk.” The goal of this
Future Concept Design project was to imagine what a house should be like, how it should be built,
Mar 2007 - Dec 2007 and how people should live there in the future.
Balloon House is a conceptual design work for Made to completely break out from a fixed-idea of living, my team focused
future housing and interiors. In a future city on an air balloon floating naturally among man-made constructions. This
covered with giant DNA-modified plants, habitants attempts to ease the relationship between humans and ecology. Balloon
House reacts to the amount of light, different times of the day, and changing
live in a balloon-like house.
weather. It embraces the idea that people should live in harmony with the
natural environment.
Keywords In Balloon House, people can modify their space according to individual
needs or to the respective time period. The elastic, rubber-like nature of the
Interior Design, Concept Design, Future Housing
architectural material (which will be developed in the future) allows this What should a house be like in the future? How should a house be built in the
flexibility. Moreover, by the definition of nomad culture, people often move future? How should people live in a metropolitan area with DNA-modified
from one place to another; therefore, with this design they could have their plants like in the story “Jack and the Beanstalk?”
Medium/Media
house move like a balloon when they move.
3D Max, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere
People can modify their space to fit individual needs
according to it’s respective time period. The elastic,
rubber-like nature of the material allows this.
Spatial Structure The structure of this house is very simple. Inside the structure
are skins in three layers: outer skin, water layer for use, and
inner skin. Water layer is connected to the xylem, where plants
carry water and nourishments to the water pipe.
Function People rest, cook, wash, and work using a water tube and balloon-furniture inside the house.
Advisor
Professor Jooyun Kim, Professor Ikseo Choi
Course
Space Design (4-Interior)
Presented
Undergraduate Graduation Exhibition, Hongik University
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