Comments on: Silo Stay Little River by F3 Design

By: Ella

Ella — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:35:59 +0000

These will be timber lined with wool insulation.

By: Ella

Ella — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:06:53 +0000

Yes. they are bikes! Silo Stay, Little River is at the end of a great cycle track on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. The bikes can be hoisted up for storage via a pulley system.

By: Red Pill Junkie

Red Pill Junkie — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:16:33 +0000

What kind of heat insulation are they planning for the rooms? From the tridimensional schematics, it looks as if they intend to keep the sheet metal on the walls in the interior as well as the exterior.

By: David in Astoria

David in Astoria — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:08:11 +0000

The Midwest has hundreds of disused masonry silos of various heights usually with a zinc domed roof. Sometimes they sit by themselves in a nice setting with the surrounding farm buildings now gone.
I always wanted to turn one (in the right situation) into a home. Foam insulation on the inside walls and basically one room per floor. I'd probably do stacked runs of straight stairs next to the outside wall since I don't care for circular stairs.
The top floor would be the living room with the opened domed ceiling and skylights.
If only I could translate my thoughts into reality….

By: Jamon Tutnkhamon

Jamon Tutnkhamon — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:57:27 +0000

DDU is back, nice concept, Bucky Fuller would be glad…