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This reminds me of an apartment complex I saw last year, also in Sweden (north of Stockholm, in Norrtälje). Hard to see inside, but it's practically tropical, w

This reminds me of an apartment complex I saw last year, also in Sweden (north of Stockholm, in Norrtälje). Hard to see inside, but it's practically tropical, with palm trees and flowering plants, and all doors of resident's apartments let out into the garden. https://goo.gl/maps/C7QAYeFm4bc9X28r9 https://goo.gl/maps/C7QAYeFm4bc9X28r9

arkitaip 7y ago
Amazing. Photos of the apartments: https://www.erikolsson.se/bostader-till-salu/OBJ20965_1710892932#/bilder https://www.erikolsson.se/bostader-till-salu/OBJ20965_171089...
unicornporn 7y ago
This is a current trend. Here's another one being built: https://www.fastighetsbyran.com/sv/sverige/Objekt/?source=Hemnet&objektID=1996116#bilder https://www.fastighetsbyran.com/sv/sverige/Objekt/?source=He...
fastball 7y ago
Thought this was cool: streetview from a certain angle shows the property before the development. https://goo.gl/maps/NX7mEspb5PKABvXm7 https://goo.gl/maps/NX7mEspb5PKABvXm7
aasasd 7y ago
There's an entire year-round indoor beach with bungalows and a small forest near Berlin: https://www.tropical-islands.de/en/ https://www.tropical-islands.de/en/ Better photos e.g. here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2236995/The-worlds-largest-indoor-beach-German-countryside.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2236995/The-worlds-... I'm sure it needs plenty of energy, but I'd also bet the glass dome plays its role. Found it online when was again thinking about how to live through the northern winter.
- walrus01 7y ago
  The building sure wasn't designed for that, however, it was supposed to be a hangar for the cargolifter airship. Went bankrupt with a lot of other things around the dotcom 1.0 failure era.
- looeee 7y ago
  > I'm sure it needs plenty of energy So much that it has its own power plant, as far as I know. Environmental issues aside, pretty cool to stand there in swimming trunks when it's -10 outside and there's half a metre of snow against the glass walls though.
  - Xylakant 7y ago
    I’d not be surprised if they have a power plant. Not because they need a huge amount of electricity, but it’s a bit remote, so it might have been more economical to just build a generator hall than to get grid access and they can use the waste heat from generators to heat the building which substantially improves their energy efficiency.
rlonn 7y ago
Those complexes are retirement homes. It's a very cool concept - they build a horseshoe-shaped apartment building and then glass over the central courtyard to create a huge indoor park for the residents. The apartments all face the indoor area, of course, which maintains a temperate/mid-terranean climate all year round. To the people living there it's like being on a permanent vacation in Spain. https://bovieran.se https://bovieran.se
johncoltrane 7y ago
Thanks, this looks pretty comfortable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DJq6uCZw1k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DJq6uCZw1k
tromp 7y ago
My wife lived for many years in this "sandwich" of two apartment towers flanking an atrium: http://rentcanada.com/wre/summerland http://rentcanada.com/wre/summerland https://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/77-university-crescent https://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/77-university-crescent
- dorfsmay 7y ago
  Doesn't it really hot in the summers in Winnipeg? Is just opening the atrium enough to make it bearable during the summers?
fit2rule 7y ago
Very nice - too bad its not a food forest, though ..
- BerniceFTrainor 7y ago
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arkitaip 7y ago

Amazing. Photos of the apartments: https://www.erikolsson.se/bostader-till-salu/OBJ20965_1710892932#/bilder https://www.erikolsson.se/bostader-till-salu/OBJ20965_171089...

unicornporn 7y ago

This is a current trend. Here's another one being built: https://www.fastighetsbyran.com/sv/sverige/Objekt/?source=Hemnet&objektID=1996116#bilder https://www.fastighetsbyran.com/sv/sverige/Objekt/?source=He...

fastball 7y ago

Thought this was cool: streetview from a certain angle shows the property before the development. https://goo.gl/maps/NX7mEspb5PKABvXm7 https://goo.gl/maps/NX7mEspb5PKABvXm7

aasasd 7y ago

There's an entire year-round indoor beach with bungalows and a small forest near Berlin: https://www.tropical-islands.de/en/ https://www.tropical-islands.de/en/ Better photos e.g. here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2236995/The-worlds-largest-indoor-beach-German-countryside.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2236995/The-worlds-... I'm sure it needs plenty of energy, but I'd also bet the glass dome plays its role. Found it online when was again thinking about how to live through the northern winter.

walrus01 7y ago
The building sure wasn't designed for that, however, it was supposed to be a hangar for the cargolifter airship. Went bankrupt with a lot of other things around the dotcom 1.0 failure era.
looeee 7y ago
> I'm sure it needs plenty of energy So much that it has its own power plant, as far as I know. Environmental issues aside, pretty cool to stand there in swimming trunks when it's -10 outside and there's half a metre of snow against the glass walls though.
- Xylakant 7y ago
  I’d not be surprised if they have a power plant. Not because they need a huge amount of electricity, but it’s a bit remote, so it might have been more economical to just build a generator hall than to get grid access and they can use the waste heat from generators to heat the building which substantially improves their energy efficiency.

rlonn 7y ago

Those complexes are retirement homes. It's a very cool concept - they build a horseshoe-shaped apartment building and then glass over the central courtyard to create a huge indoor park for the residents. The apartments all face the indoor area, of course, which maintains a temperate/mid-terranean climate all year round. To the people living there it's like being on a permanent vacation in Spain. https://bovieran.se https://bovieran.se

johncoltrane 7y ago

Thanks, this looks pretty comfortable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DJq6uCZw1k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DJq6uCZw1k

tromp 7y ago

My wife lived for many years in this "sandwich" of two apartment towers flanking an atrium: http://rentcanada.com/wre/summerland http://rentcanada.com/wre/summerland https://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/77-university-crescent https://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/77-university-crescent

dorfsmay 7y ago
Doesn't it really hot in the summers in Winnipeg? Is just opening the atrium enough to make it bearable during the summers?

fit2rule 7y ago

Very nice - too bad its not a food forest, though ..

BerniceFTrainor 7y ago
my buddy's friend makes $96 hourly on the internet. She has been with out artwork for five months however final month her charge emerge as $12747 really on foot on the internet for some hours. study greater on this net internet site..... HERE www.payshd.com