Bunker dwellings
The first thing you think of when you read the word bunker is bombings or paranoia about the end of the world, but here we present the bunker as an option for a place to live.
The first thing you think of when you read the word bunker is bombings or paranoia about the end of the world. Some people live in fear, almost as if we were in the middle of a world war, and others endure the worst predictions with stoicism, in other words, our daily lives lately. Focusing on the former, we present you the bunker as an option for a place to live. Phobias, fears, or simply a question of aesthetics?
In the 1950s, with the development of the hydrogen bomb during the Cold War, the British government abandoned bunkers that could not withstand it. One of them was bought by the architect Daniel Smith, from SLLB Architectswho has turned it into a spectacular luxury housingoriginally designed to protect local politicians in north London. The 921m² family home has 1.5m thick walls on the ground floor, and has six bedrooms and five bathrooms. The most difficult part of the work was creating light-filled spaces (logical for a bunker), but the impossible became possible. The bunker house now has large windows in the attic, a wine cellar, vault, sauna, library, reading room and even a basement with a swimming pool.
Further south in Cornwall, in Cornwall, there is a bunker that locals refer to as a The Bunkernow available as a four-bedroom designer home. The house was built to give the armed forces a bird's eye view of the land. Its current owner bought it and converted it into an underground house that has spectacular views from the grass-covered roof. "It's like any other bungalow four-bedroom, it's not dark or anything. But it's very safe. There could be an attack zombie and no one would come in.
If it is an anti-housingzombie what you're looking for (you have to be prepared for anything!), the Safe House of KWK PROMES near Warsaw is the one that will keep you and your family zombie free. It looks like a modern fortress, and it is built like one. A giant concrete cube whose walls have been designed to move. Every morning the house "rises" and closes at dusk, faithful to a routine reminiscent of the more organic processes we see in Discovery Channel documentaries.
Another dwelling that was not actually built as a bunker, but looks like one, is the Villa Vals in Switzerland, a holiday hut carved into the Alpine slopes of Vals. The surrounding environment has been left untouched and without visual obstacles of any kind. The project not only blends in with the natural landscape, but also makes reference to vernacular architecture while expressing Swiss perfection by having its experimental point. Perfect.
The Mayans predicted the end of the world for this coming year-end and there are people who took it at face value, ready to take the world to the next world war. survivalism to its ultimate consequences. Among these extremes we have VivosThe Dharma Initiative, an underground shelter network for the long-term survival of future catastrophes. It's a bit reminiscent of the Dharma Initiative, don't you think?
