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	<title>Christchurch Modern &#187; Matti Suuronen</title>
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		<title>McLeans Island Rd. Futuro House. Matti Suuronen.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stored amongst a bunch of relocated state houses out by Christucrh Airport sits this martian relic from the early 70s. Finnish architect Matti Suuronen designed this UFO shaped dwelling in 1968, initially for use as a ski-cabin or holiday home. Only 96 were ever made and production ceased in 1974 as the oil crisis pushed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stored amongst a bunch of relocated state houses out by Christucrh Airport sits this martian relic from the early 70s. Finnish architect Matti Suuronen designed this UFO shaped dwelling in 1968, initially for use as a ski-cabin or holiday home. Only 96 were ever made and production ceased in 1974 as the oil crisis pushed up the price of plastic.<span id="more-1029"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.christchurchmodern.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/large214.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1031" title="large214" src="http://www.christchurchmodern.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/large214.jpg" alt="" width="494" height="240" /></a></p>
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<p><em>The idea behind the design reflects the optimism of the sixties. At the time people believed technology could solve all problems for the human race. The ideal was of a new era, a space-age, where everybody would have more leisure time to spend on holidays away from home.</p>
<p>The Futuro house was completely furnished and could accommodate 8 people. It was constructed entirely out of reinforced plastic, a new, light and inexpensive material back then. The plan was to mass-produce it, so it would be cheap enough to house all people around the earth. Because it was so light-weight, it was easily transportable by helicopter. Mobile living was the new possibility for the future. People could now take their moveable home with them, to wherever they went, and live like modern nomads.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.berting.nl/futuro/" target="_blank">The Futuro House<br />
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