Commissioned by “OPEN HOUSE: Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living,” an exhibition produced by the Art Center in Pasadena and the Vitra Design Museum, Jellyfish House explores technologies for living that can be feasibly realized within 25 to 50 years.

The project (like the animal) connects with its environment.  But unlike countless other design schemes that use this phrase, it is not employed here as architectural jargon signifying formal gestures that reputedly establish a so-called dialogue between a building and its context.  Rather, this house is composed of that which surrounds it (water, like the jellyfish animal), and it becomes symbiotically integrated with the ecological processes of its site.

Formal name of project: Jellyfish House

Location: Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, CA

Owner: curators – Vitra Design Museum, Art Center College of Design

Gross square footage: 2,500 sq. ft.

Architect:
IwamotoScott Architecture
777 Florida Street
Suite 308
San Francisco,CA 94110