Snøhetta designs controversial black crystalline U.F.O for Norwegian artist

2018-02-06T14:55:00-05:00

Snohetta and Mr. Melgaard aim to use burned wood for the house’s exterior, and tentative plans for its interior include movable walls and a room that combines an eating area and a swimming pool. Martin Brunner, one of the Snohetta architects who worked on the project, also explained that the firm had tested a prototype for an item of inflatable furniture to be included in the house, which he described as a “sex pillow.”

In 2011, the Norwegian artist, Bjarne Melgaard, reached out to property developers Olav and Frederik Selvaag with the idea of making a sculpture that would double as a house and atelier. The three got the international architecture studio Snøhetta involved, resulting in the design of a black crystalline U.F.O. propped up by several sculptures of woodland animals.

Archinect readers have already taken to our forum to share their thoughts on the project. Take a look at some of the comments below!

-As the house is located next to Edvard Munch's old studio, randomised appropriately shared his surprise with the artist's most famous work:

-archanonymous asked "What the hell is up with Snohetta lately? AT&T, this, mad underwater restaurant???"—to which, Positive Pete proposed: "they joined the illoominatee?". And Koww responded: "I hadn't originally connected the underwater restaurant to the other two projects which both deal with history, but maybe there's an overall thread of an archi...

Comet could be home to alien life

2015-07-06T20:15:00-04:00

The comet landed on by the spacecraft Philae could well be home to an abundance of alien microbial life, according to leading astronomers. Features of the comet, named 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, such as its organic-rich black crust, are most likely explained by the presence of living organisms beneath an icy surface, the scientists have said.

On the other hand, Stuart Clark refutes the claims made in the linked article. In a response also published to the Guardian, "The vast majority of comet scientists would agree that comet 67P’s surface features are much more easily explained by non-biological mechanisms."

Philae, the spacecraft that landed on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko last November, is not equipped to search for direct evidence of human life. Neither is Rosetta, the European spacecraft currently in orbit around the comet. Calls to equip the spacecrafts were "allegedly laughed out of court," according to the article, which lays out an argument that an unwillingness to intellectually accept the possibility extraterrestrial life inhibits the possibility of finding any.

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Snøhetta designs controversial black crystalline U.F.O for Norwegian artist

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