{"id":80282,"date":"2014-03-24T15:31:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T19:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=80282"},"modified":"2014-03-25T15:06:23","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T19:06:23","slug":"plastic-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/archives\/plastic-house","title":{"rendered":"A stylish house in Massachusetts made of plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/03\/plastic-house.html\/plastic-house-2-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80376\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80376\" alt=\"plastic house-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/plastic-house-21-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><em>Photos: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paolorosselli.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Paolo Rosselli<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this milk carton-shaped house is semi-translucent. Why? Because its walls are plastic.<\/p>\n<p>Built in the 19th century, the 5,393-square-foot structure underwent a radical renovation between 2010 and 2013, when Italian architects Alessandro Armando and Manfredo di Robilant swapped out the conventional building materials for synthetic ones.<\/p>\n<p>The original timbre structure was reinforced, insulation was added and then the walls were covered with a skin of translucent plastic panels. As <a href=\"http:\/\/archrecord.construction.com\/residential\/featured_houses\/2014\/urban-house-with-big-window-alessandro-armando-and-manfredo-di-robilant.asp\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Architectural Record<\/a> explains, this layer promotes airflow in the summer, while keeping the house warm in the winter.\u00a0The plastic envelope also reflects and absorbs light, creating different visual effects depending upon the weather and time of day.<\/p>\n<p>Another inspired feature are two giant aluminum doors on rollers which open up the spacious interior to the elements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/03\/plastic-house.html\/plastic-house-1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80288\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80288\" alt=\"plastic house-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/plastic-house-1-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/03\/plastic-house.html\/plastic-house-3\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80284\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80284\" alt=\"plastic house-3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/plastic-house-3-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/03\/plastic-house.html\/plastic-house-4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80285\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80285\" alt=\"plastic house-4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/plastic-house-4-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/03\/plastic-house.html\/plastic-house-5\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80286\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80286\" alt=\"plastic house-5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/plastic-house-5-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/03\/plastic-house.html\/plastic-house-6\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80287\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80287\" alt=\"plastic house-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/plastic-house-6-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want more buildings made from unconventional materials? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/07\/unconventional-building-materials.html\">Here you go<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A greenhouse-like design that is appropriately energy-efficient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":80378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11269],"tags":[6144],"coauthors":[10332],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A 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