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  • Flux Haus by IAAC graduates Kammil Carranza, Jitendra Farkade and Vinay Khare

    IAAC graduates propose parasitic pods as alternative to cage homes in Hong Kong

    Flux Haus is a parasitic housing scheme, which has been conceptualised by Kammil Carranza, Jitendra Farkade and Vinay Khare, that would engulf five towers in Hong Kong with single-person pods. More

    Lizzie Crook | 19 August 2019 | Leave a comment
  • El Sindicato builds tiny Casa Parásito on a rooftop in Ecuador

    Ecuadorian studio El Sindicato Arquitectura has built a 12-square-metre parasitic structure atop a building in Quito. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 29 July 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Sigurd Larsen proposes modular village on apartment block roof

    In our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video, we explore a proposal by Danish architect Sigurd Larsen to house Berlin's growing population on the roof of an existing apartment building. More

    Calum Lindsay | 1 March 2019
  • Traditional Korean house installed above busy London street by Do Ho Suh

    Traditional Korean house installed above busy London street by Do Ho Suh

    South Korean artist Do Ho Suh has built a replica of his childhood home and installed it above a road in the City of London. More

    Amy Frearson | 26 September 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Malka Architecture has proposed adding cubed parasitic extensions to an apartment building in Paris

    Parasitic extensions to Paris apartment building could reduce energy consumption

    Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video features a proposal by Malka Architecture to improve the energy efficiency of a Parisian apartment building, by attaching boxy, parasitic extensions to its exterior. More

    Calum Lindsay | 14 March 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Framlab's Homed proposal seeks to house the homeless population of New York in parasitic pods attached to the exteriors of buildings.

    Parasitic pods attached to buildings could house New York's homeless

    Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video features a proposal by creative agency Framlab to house the homeless population of New York in parasitic pods attached to the outside of existing buildings. More

    Sebastian Jordahn | 26 January 2018 | 13 comments
  • Homed by Framlab

    Framlab proposes parasitic hexagonal pods to sleep New York's homeless

    New York's empty walls could be covered with honeycomb-like clusters of pods to house the city's growing homeless population, as part of this proposal by creative agency Framlab. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 21 November 2017 | 20 comments
  • 10 parasitic dwellings that cling to other buildings

    Following the popularity of an artist's studio latched onto a concrete bridge, we've brought together 10 examples of parasitic structures that rely on a host building for support or services. Others include experimental housing for the homeless and a house-shaped wooden hut affixed to the side of a hotel. More

    Trudie Carter | 1 September 2017 | 5 comments
  • Secret studio under a bridge by Fernando Abellanas

    Fernando Abellanas hangs secret studio under a bridge in Valencia

    Self-taught designer Fernando Abellanas has installed a covert studio beneath a graffiti-covered bridge in the Spanish city of Valencia, making use of the concrete infrastructure to form a roof and walls for the hideaway. More

    Jessica Mairs | 18 August 2017 | 30 comments
  • CN Tower reimagined by Quadrangle

    Toronto's CN Tower reimagined as residential high-rise covered in wooden pods

    Clusters of parasitic apartment units cling to the sides of the CN Tower in this conceptual proposal by Toronto studio Quadrangle. More

    Dan Howarth | 7 February 2017 | 13 comments
  • Havre 77 by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto

    Derelict Mexico City house transformed into mixed-use venue

    Mexico City architects Francisco Pardo and Julio Amezcua have added an architectural "prosthesis" on top of a dilapidated brick residence to turn the building into offices and a co-working space. More

    Dan Howarth | 26 December 2016 | 2 comments
  • LIGHT HOUSE allzone for Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015

    Micro dwelling by All(zone) could be erected within abandoned towers

    Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: Bangkok studio All(zone) has conceived a small temporary home intended to be set up inside unfinished high-rise buildings in tropical cities (+ movie). More

    Jenna McKnight | 7 October 2015 | 2 comments
  • Homeless shelters by James Furzer

    James Furzer to crowdfund parasitic sleeping pods for London's homeless

    Architectural designer James Furzer has developed a modular homeless shelter that would hang off the sides of existing buildings, and launched a campaign on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to finance a prototype. More

    Jessica Mairs | 19 August 2015 | 15 comments
  • Metal-clad power plant by Tzannes Associates is mounted on the roof of an old Sydney brewery

    These three zinc-cloaked towers form a power plant on the roof of an old beer brewery in Sydney, which will supply energy to a new housing and shopping complex on the site below (+ slideshow). More

    Jessica Mairs | 14 July 2015 | 4 comments
  • Piñeiro House by Adamo-Faiden

    Foliage-clad pavilion by Adamo-Faiden creates a home on a disused roof

    Architecture studio Adamo-Faiden has transformed the vacant roof of a 15-storey block in Buenos Aires into a home for a young couple, by installing a glazed pavilion-like structure surrounded by plants (+ slideshow). More

    Jessica Mairs | 11 July 2015 | 1 comment
  • Oak Hill by Claridge Architects

    Claridge Architects inserts timber-clad house behind north London mansion block

    Diagonal strips of timber clad this single-storey addition to a Hampstead apartment block, which also features a rooftop garden that can be used by neighbouring residents (+ slideshow). More

    Jessica Mairs | 4 April 2015 | 2 comments
  • Detached Urban Hut in Athens by Dragonas Christopoulou Architects

    City rooftop cabin offers an alternative to the primitive forest hut

    Architects Panos Dragonas and Varvara Christopoulou believe there is no longer anywhere remote enough to build a wilderness hideaway, so have instead proposed a cabin raised above the Athens rooftops. More

    Amy Frearson | 9 January 2015 | 9 comments
  • Disruption by James Christian at Designers in Residence

    James Christian designs parasitic structures for disused city spaces

    London designer James Christian has created a series of architectural parasites intended to occupy empty rooftops, car parks and greens of dilapidated estates across the capital for his residency at the city's Design Museum. More

    Jessica Mairs | 11 September 2014 | 5 comments
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    Man ordered to remove fake mountain villa on top of Chinese tower

    News: a Chinese businessman who built a house covered by an artificial mountain on top of a 26-storey apartment block in Beijing has been told to remove it or face having it demolished. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 13 August 2013 | 33 comments
  • Excrescent Utopia by Milo Ayden De Luca

    Excrescent Utopia by Milo Ayden De Luca

    Parasitic dwellings for homeless people would cling to the sides of lamp posts in this concept by British architecture graduate Milo Ayden De Luca (+ slideshow + movie). More

    Emilie Chalcraft | 17 January 2013 | 31 comments
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