Matali Crasset Creates Living Pods for Modern Artists in the Forests of France
Spotted on Designboom, Parisian designer Matali Crasset has landed a series of low impact living pods where modern artists can spend a summer residency while working within nature. Dubbed ‘Les Maisons Sylvestres’ the four curious buildings in the collection are located at Fresnes-au-Mont, in the forests of France. Made out of local materials like acacia wood, douglas pine and galvanized steel, with its flipped-square shape the artists’ pods has been designed to exist, or even float, in the forest without causing harm to the environment.
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