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Silo Living

40 year old feed silo converted to temporary house

Tall grain silos are a familiar sight in rural Dutch landscapes. What’s less well-known is that many stand empty and redundant due to agricultural optimisation and climate-goal-related reduced livestock. Costly to dispose of and impossible to recycle, farmers often just leave them standing. Acting on a childhood fascination, Stella van Beers repurposes this obsolete item from a seven-metre storage container into a two-level watchtower residence. Accessible via a spiral staircase, this vertical human shelter features a light-filled living area, loft bedroom and lookout porthole for rooftop view


Company/Institution
Design Academy Eindhoven
Country
Netherlands
Designer(s)
Stella van Beers
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