1/28/2024 0 Comments Flightgear boeing 747![]() The lower house is partially open air and has 18-foot-tall (5.5 m) ceilings topped with the left 747 wing. The main house comprises two separate buildings linked together on three levels and uses two wings and two horizontal stabilizers from a Boeing 747-100. Utilizing the wings as 100% post-consumer recycled components and appropriating them in creative new ways is consistent with the existing context of Duquette's structures of found objects and emblematic of Hertz's thoughts on the "disposable" nature of our society. The low profile of the wings was integrated into the ridge top, and the wing made to appear to cascade down and float above the ground. ![]() Through examining and exploring a variety of actual wing dimensions, Hertz determined that the wings from a 747 would fit on the existing pads and that they were already oriented to keep the views. Ĭreating a wing foil shaped roof would be complex and difficult to build conventionally. This requires little vertical support and only a few walls, which is ideal for a structure to minimize obstructions and maximize views. The wing, a self-supporting structure, cantilevers off the fuselage of an airplane like an outstretched arm. Hertz's initial concept sketches showed a site section with a curved ceiling and a roof form that reminded him of the wing section of an airplane. Whilst flying in the air and pondering the design, Hertz imagined a floating roof that would hang over the site to minimize structural obstructions of the views of a nearby mountain ridge. Duquette's property was burned in the Green Meadow fire of 1993, which resulted in the complete destruction of over twenty-one of the structures that he and his wife had created from recycled objects and movie sets. The property was formerly owned and occupied by famous artist and Hollywood set designer Tony Duquette.
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