Response to Evan's post on Techno Utopia
After reading Evan's post, I was intrigued by the idea of The Pocket of Active Residence. The image is certainly bizarre, but it reminded me of the above building. Such a design is hard to picture in a typical city setting, but the Honeycomb Apartment complex in Izola, Slovenia makes it a reality. Constructed between 2003 and 2006, this public housing project was the winning entry for a design competition. Selected for its effective handling of economic and functional problems, it has been a successful experiment.
Although the balconies that protrude from the face of the building and the units themselves do not disconnect or "plug in" to the frame, they certainly give off a similar look. While many of the Techno Utopia designs we studied in class never became a reality, they definitely have a style associated with them that is seen in modern architecture today.