Milan 2010: Dutch designer Frederik Roijé will present a home for chickens called Breed and Retreat in Milan next month.
Roijé will also exhibit his Metrobowl project (see our earlier story) in the Ventura Lambrate district of the city. Download a map and guide to the district here.
More about Roijé on Dezeen:
Metrobowl (January 2009)
Rise of Flames candelabra (May 2008)
Bird houses (May 2007)
See all our stories about Milan 2010 in our special category.
The information that follows is from the designer:
BREED RETREAT
An architectural hen house to breed and retreat.
To eliminate the estrangement from our origin. Respecting nature will be necessary. Designing a special place will give nature its space. Even in urban society.
egg cellent
LOL Quebec Museum for chickens :]
need more info, where are access points… what is the population capacity… and my god, where are the chickens?
Very cool looking, but I concur with bear–it seems mostly form and not much function. Chickens rarely will lay an egg in a big open space like the glassed in enclosure if they can help it, so all the little additions will need access doors. Not to mention cleaning that will be a chore.
But it is beautiful!
I had about a dozen pigeons when I was a boy. It was my first attempt at designing and building. This is truly a classy upscale abode.
I need one
Makes me want to be a chickin’
Would have made a better habitat for Cats.
i guess this will create a breed of posh spoiled chickens
really? designing to give chickens a chic-er habitat? I guess it would make poor people that don’t have homes just smiley with happiness.