Housing for Musicians has Parasitic Rooms and Skylight Pyramids

Musicians need housing too! That's why Netherlands based <a href="http://www.24h.eu/">24H architecture</a> decided to create these 38 inspiring homes as part of the <a href="http://www.wimby.nl/index.php?newlang=eng">International Building Exhibition Hoogvliet</a>. The project resulted in a place with so many awesome collective structures in it that just one pic really doesn't do them all justice (so be sure to click through our gallery to see them all). One of our favorite parts is this collection of metal pyramid skylights that poke out from a grassy mound. Oh, and did we mention that all of the buildings in the project were designed to have an urban heating system that recycles <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/energy">energy</a> from the nearby Rotterdam harbor and that the wood facades are made of hydro thermal treated local wood?

Called simply "Housing for Musicians," the project features modern dwellings which are arranged in various 'stamps' or patterns, which are repeated throughout the complex.

Since the intended inhabitants are musicians, each home has its very own music room, each of which is arranged in a collective "<a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/07/28/magic-mountains-prismatic-inhabitable-hills-for-china/">mountain</a>" between the houses.

Every individual music rooms has its own "light pyramid" that <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/08/18/6-fascinating-underground-homes-that-go-above-and-beyond/">protrudes through the grass</a>.

On the edge of each 'stamp' of homes, individual zinc-covered music rooms are added like <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2009/09/25/prefab-friday-parasitic-homes-take-root-on-empty-walls/">parasites</a> to a tree.

The buildings themselves create a serene pathway for musicians and other inhabitants to walk through on their way home.

Each house has its own private patch of outdoor space.

There is no want for grassy outdoor space in the complex.

The unlikely additions accentuate the main routes through the site.

In addition to its minimal energy profile, the wood <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/02/02/gorgeous-glass-pyramid-solar-cells-energize-any-building-facade/">facades</a> that clad the homes' exteriors are made of hydro thermal treated wood from local European forests.

The project was built to have an extreme low <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/energy">energy</a> consumption avarage (EPC 0,46) due to its heating system that recycles energy from the neighboring Rotterdam harbour.

A closeup view of the skylights.

The wood facades may seem plain from afar but they actually have a really cool, organic texture.

A closer look at the texture of the facade.