Andrew Chase is one person who likes to keep ahead of the times. When Hollywood was busy transforming cars into inter-cellestial robotic beings, the designer thought of engulfing the animal world in the mechanical way of life. Well, her (yes, Chase is a women dearies) Timmy underworld project has made her create a whimsial cheetah as well as a giraffe and elephant. And since we got to see the Cheetah in motion, we thought we might just tell you some more about it.

Standing 24 inches high and 50 inches long, the cheetah is a whimsical beauty. This romotic animal is able to replicate the movement of the joints of an actual cheetah.

Apparently, Chase was heard saying that while working on the Timmy project she was being careful to learn from her past excesses and develop her robots in lesser time than usual; and she failed on both accounts. From what we are told, she took close to 60 hours to build the cheetah that as been made from electrical conduit, transmission parts and 20-gauge steel. So, do check out the beauty in motion.

Via johncoulthart

We have just discovered a Ramp House created by Archivirus Architecture and Design as a response to the client’s request for a “skateable habitat”. The Ramp House is a project and Athanasia Psaraki is the architect. The dominant aim of this project is to reconsider and redefine the living space. Based on the client’s request, the interior of the house is in curve form.

In an existing three storey building, Athanasia Psaraki attempts to bring a blend of old and new styles. As the dominant material was wood in the original house, thus, a wooden pergola and wooden horizontal louvers have been fixed for the new structure, which connect the old and the new. Interestingly, the house is intended to be a ‘ramp house’ and not a ‘house with a ramp’. Psaraki carefully hides the basic house elements such as, the fireplace and the storage units inside the ramp forms.

The street ambiance of the skate scene is beautifully combined with a home atmosphere with a combination of wood and concrete. While the idea of this house may appeal to the client and the like minded people but it simply doesn’t interest me at all!

Via: Dvice\Arplustest